1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bunting (flags)

BUNTING (a word of doubtful origin, possibly connected with burnt, to sift, or with the Ger. bunt, of varied colour), a loosely woven woollen cloth for making flags; the term is also used of a collection of Bags, and particularly those of a ship.

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