- TRADE UNION BANNER
- See banner 3).
- TRADE UNION FLAG
- A flag, as opposed to a banner as defined herein, that is representative of a trade union or an
affiliation of such unions (see also banner 3)).
Metal Industry Union, Germany;
General Labour Confederation, Colombia;
General Workers Union, Portugal
Please note that, in both historical and/or contemporary terms, a trade
union flag and a political flag can often be very closely linked – see
political flag 2).
- TRAILING
- 1) In UK military and some other usage, a term for marching with a colour
or flag dragging on the ground, or standing in that position, and is employed
as a mark of respect to the head of state at funerals or as a token of victory in a parade of captured
enemy colours – but see vailing
(also dipping 1)).
- 2) An uncommon method of saluting using a flag hoisted on a pole – the flag
is lowered until it just touches the ground for a few seconds, and then raised
smartly – practiced in some monarchies as a salute to a member of the royal family.
- TRAILING EDGE
- An alternative term for the sinister edge of a vertically hung banner or a gonfalon – see
sinister edge 2).
Please note, that this term has been introduced by the Editors as a vexillological
alternative to the heraldically derived "sinister edge".
- TRANSARTAT
- A medieval term, now obsolete, for a banner on a crossbar.
- TRANSFIXED
- The heraldic term used when a charge or animal has been pierced with an arrow, sword, lance or other
weapon (see also pierced 2)).
Flag of Senčur, Slovenia;
Flag of Mače, Croatia;
Arms and Flag of Lipnica, Poland
- TRANSPOSED
- An alternative heraldic term to reversed – see reversed 2).
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Arms and Flag of Milower, Germany
- TRANSVERSANT (or TRANSVERSE)
- Heraldically derived terms used when the charge on a flag is shown as being rotated 90
degrees from the position in which it is usually seen (see also
Latin Cross and its following note b).
![[transversant cross example]](../images/v/vxt-d614.gif)
![[transversant shield example]](../images/v/vxt-d614a.gif)
- TRANSVERSED
- An alternative heraldic term to contourné.
![[transversed example]](../images/v/vx-fr-59-br.gif)
Flag of Bergues, France
- TRAPEZOID (or TRAPEZIUM)
- 1) A charge similar to a triangle but with the apex squared, as in the flag of
Kuwait (see also triangle).
- 2) The alternative terms used to describe a triangular pennant whose apex is squared – a
trapezoidal pennant (see also
code pennant,
numeral pennant,
pennant 2).
![[Kuwait - Trapezium example]](../images/v/vx-kw.gif)
National Flag of Kuwait;
Pennant of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, US
- TRAPEZOIDAL PENNANT
- See trapezoid 2).
Burgee of the Watersportvereniging Werkendam, The Netherlands
- TREFOIL
- The heraldic term for a charge in the form of a stylized flower or plant with three
petals or leaves, and which is almost invariably shown bearing a stalk (see also
cinquefoil,
cloverstems,
cross botonny,
quatrefoil).
Flag of Trpinja, Croatia;
Flag of Ungersheim, France;
Flag of Mladenovac, Serbia
Please note that a cloverleaf and the traditional Irish emblem –
a shamrock – are also trefoils.
Burgee of the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
- TREFOIL (or TREFLEE) CROSS
- In heraldry see cross botonny.
![[trefoil cross flag]](../images/v/vx-ch-ne036.gif)
![[trefoil cross flag]](../images/v/vx-no)02-11.gif)
Flag of Boudevilliers, Switzerland;
Arms of Vestby, Norway
- TRESSURE
- The heraldic term used by some writers to describe a narrow single border inset
from the edges of a shield, banner of arms or a flag – but see orle 1)
and its following note (also border,
double-tressure,
inset border).
Flag of the Customs Administration, Turkey;
Rank Flag of a General Officer, Croatia
- TRESSURE FLEURY (or TRESSURE FLORY)
- In heraldry see fleury and tressure
(also double-tressure fleury counter fleury).
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Flag and Arms of Vang, Norway
