As nouns the difference between terms and dogvane
is that terms is while dogvane is (nautical) a small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
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dogvane
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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)