English Explanatory Dictionary

baucan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.

Word forms

baucan baucans baucent

Etymology

From French, perhaps related to Old French baucent (“black and white; the black and white flag (with red cross) of the templars”), Old Occitan bausan (“black and white (horse)”) despite the change in meaning/colour.

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