answering pennant

noun

, Nautical.

one of the flags of the International Code of Signals, a pennant of three red and two white vertical stripes, flown at the dip while a message is being interpreted and close up when it is understood.

Her orders were carefully obeyed, and before very long the vessel was near enough for us to distinguish her answering pennant.

Hoist cornet; all ships answer by answering pennant; then make signal.

There goes her answering pennant; and there she hauls to the wind on the starboard tack.

“Run up the answering pennant,” said I to the signal-man, as I turned up the number in the signal-book.

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