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field colours

field colours noun: small flags used to mark the position for companies and regiments.

Noun

field colours pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Small flags used to mark the position for companies and regiments.
  2. (historical, plural, plural-only) Any regimental headquarters' flags.

Questions about field colours

What does field colours mean?
Field colours means small flags used to mark the position for companies and regiments.
What part of speech is field colours?
Field colours is a noun.

Words near field colours in the dictionary

  1. field capacity
  2. field caps
  3. field circle
  4. field coil
  5. field coils
  6. field colours
  7. field corn
  8. field cornet
  9. field cornets
  10. field corns
  11. field cricket

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