Excerpt from Notes and Queries, Vol. 12: A Medium Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc;; July December, 1879
We can thus understand why Bailey and others should explain the word ancient to mean a flag or streamer set in the stern of a ship. This was the flag that usually bore the heraldic sign belonging to the ship or its captain.
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