Yellow+flag
1Yellow flag — Yellow Yel low (y[e^]l l[ o]), a. [Compar. {Yellower} (y[e^]l l[ o]*[ e]r); superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus… …
2Yellow flag — Flag Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [1913 Webster] 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc.,… …
3yellow flag — ► NOUN ▪ a ship s yellow or quarantine flag, used to indicate the presence or absence of disease aboard …
4yellow flag — flag n QUARANTINE FLAG …
5yellow flag — n. quarantine flag, yellow flag flown by itself by a ship requesting pratique on entering a harbor to indicate that the ship has no disease on board; flag flown by a ship with another flag to indicate that it has contagious or infectious disease… …
6yellow flag — Quarantine Quar an*tine, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadragesima}.] 1. A space of forty days; used of Lent.… …
7yellow flag — A solid yellow flag (called a caution flag) is used to slow down the racers in the case of a crash, debris on the course (like car parts), slick fluids on the track or the weather has become a factor with rain. During a yellow flag the pace car,… …
8yellow flag — noun 1》 a ship s yellow or quarantine flag, used to indicate the presence or absence of disease aboard. 2》 Motor Racing a yellow flag used to signal to drivers that there is a hazard ahead. 3》 see flag3 …
9yellow flag — geltonasis vilkdalgis statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Iris pseudacorus angl. common yellow iris; yellow flag; water flag vok. gelbe Schwertlilie; Sumpf Schwertlilie; Wasser Schwertlilie rus. ирис болотный; касатик аировидный; касатик …
10yellow flag — yellow signal flown when a vessel requests pratique; letter Q or Quebec in the international code; also called the quarantine flag …
