Glossary Of Flag Terms

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Glossary of Flag Terms

Appliqu�d: One piece of material sewn (stitched) to another.
Cleat: The device used to secure the bottom of a flagpole halyard (rope).
Color Fastness: The ability of material to resist fading and color migration.
Ferrule: The tubular portion of an ornament placed over the top of a pole to hold the ornament.
Field: The portion of a U.S. Flag that is blue with white stars.
Flash Collar: A decorative-protective cover often used at the base of an outdoor flagpole.
Fly End: The free flying end of a flag usually opposite the heading.
Fringed: A flag with fringe around all or part of its perimeter.
Front: The surface seen when a flag is in its normal flying position with the hoist to the viewer's left. (The "back" is the reverse.)
Grommets: The brass rings or eyelets (normally in the heading) for mounting outdoor flags.
Halyard: The rope for an outdoor flagpole used to raise and lower the flag.
Heading: The heavy canvas or other reinforcing material at the side or end from which the flag or banner will be supported.
Hoist: The side of a flag next to the pole.
House Flags: A company flag, usually bearing a trademark or name.
Indoor Flags: Flags constructed primarily for indoor display or temporary outdoor parade use, with pole hem.
Joint: The device used to hold a 2-piece pole together.
Outdoor Flags: Flags constructed primarily for use on an outdoor pole - with heading and grommets or roped.
Outfit: A complete display unit, flag, pole, mounting device, pole ornament, and on indoor outfits, a tassels and cord set.
Outrigger: A flagpole mounted on a building at an angle other than vertical.
Plain: A flag without fringe.
Pole Band: The canvas heading of the flag left open at both ends so that a staff can be passed through it.
Pole Hem: A sleeve or tunnel of the same fabric and color as the background of the flag, through which the staff is passed for mounting indoor and parade flags.
Roped: A flag with a rope passing through the heading and looped and secured at each end. The halyard of the flagpole is then attached to the loops. Normally used only on large outdoor flags.
Snap: A device used to attach a flag to the halyard (rope) on a flagpole.
Top & Bottom: The upper and lower horizontal edges of a flag in its normal flying position.
Truck: The device at the top of an outdoor pole that houses the pulley wheel.