In nautical terms the difference between bunting and dogvane
is that bunting is 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 while dogvane is a small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
As nouns the difference between bunting and dogvane
is that bunting is strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag while dogvane is a small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
As a verb bunting
is present participle of lang=en.
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)
dogvane
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(nautical) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
- (Totten)
(obsolete, nautical) A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries) 