Bunting is a related term of burgee.
As a proper noun bunting
is a botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist rh bunting (fl 1923).
As a noun burgee is
a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by merchant ships to identify the vessel and by yachts to identify the yacht club.
bunting
Etymology 1
Possibly from dialect , hence the material used for that purpose.
Noun
(
en noun)
Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
Flags considered as a group.
Etymology 2
(Emberiza)
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza , having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
Derived terms
*
* corn bunting
* indigo bunting
* painted bunting
* reed bunting
* snow bunting
Etymology 3
See bunt
Verb
(head)
burgee
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by merchant ships to identify the vessel and by yachts to identify the yacht club.
A kind of small coal used in furnaces.
