Sentences with phrase «signal flags»
"Signal flags" are a set of colorful flags that carry messages or convey information between ships or in military operations. They are used instead of words to communicate important instructions or warnings from a distance. Full definition
The bold graphic design of this pillow reminds us of nautical signal flags.
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Signal flags inspired this Organic Cole Quiltâ $ ™ s nautical stripes and preppy palette.
The film introduces us to protagonist Umi as she prepares a meal for her eclectic household, before raising signal flags in honour of her father, a ship captain who perished during the Korean War.
The check insignia on Bruce Dern's Character is a naval signal flag reflecting the first letter of his last name «L', corresponding flags are seen on his fellow crew members.
The navy blue and orange striped label, based on a French Naval signal flag, is adorned with engineering details from original submarine designs.
Signal flags also go way back — probably to the Byzantine navy around 900 AD.
By the 1300s, the English navy listed two flag signals in its Black Book of the Admiralty, and a 1673 code book lists 15 signal flags with predefined meanings.
(Except the pattern with the tiny signal flags, which was available in most sizes.
Barnes, Julian, «Beyond Signal Flags: The Hidden Codes of Washington D.C.» Wall Street Journal Washington Wire, July 25, 2013.
Items in RECESS include a converted pool that now acts an operating bunker, a makeshift Double Barrel Shotgun, Modular Rain Barrels, Recycled Solar Oven, Golf Ball Cannon, and Signal Flags among several other objects.
Signal flags inspired this Organic Cole Quilt's nautical stripes and preppy palette.
Post a google earth view of it, send us a sketch, show us a photograph, use naval signal flags, I don't care how, but hey, give us a clue as to its real location.
If you're more adventurous, opt for a truly sailor - inspired rug such as this navy anchor rug or this signal flags rug.
Signal flags inspired this Organic Cole Toddler Quilt's nautical stripes and classic preppy palette.
Signal flags inspired this bedding's nautical stripes and classic preppy palette.
Signal flags inspired this Organic Cole Toddler Quiltâ $ ™ s nautical stripes and classic preppy palette.
This brilliantly designed abecedary introduces kiddos to four different systems of nautical communication — signal flag, Morse code, semaphore, and phonetic alphabet — along with a handful of information about boats and sea travel.
And his numerous late series of flat, hard - edged geometric abstractions on multiple aluminum panels — exploring the cardinal points, New York City and the times of day — confirm Palermo to be a genuine painter who can push abstraction's economy of means to the point that his imagery resembles little more than signal flags yet still engages as serious paintings.