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A bunting is any festive decorations made of fabric, or of plastic, paper or cardboard in imitation of fabric. Typical forms of buntings are strings of colorful, monochrome, beige triangular flags and lengths of fabric in the colors of national flags gathered and draped into swags or
The origin of the word is uncertain, Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM, Oxford University Press, 2002. but bunt means colourful in German.
The term ''bunting'' is also used to refer to a collection of flags, and particularly those of a ship. The officer responsible for raising signals using flags is known as ''bunts'', a term still used for a ship's communications officer.
Bunting is a popular choice of decoration at parties, weddings and within gardens.
A bunting is any festive decorations made of fabric, or of plastic, paper or cardboard in imitation of fabric. Typical forms of buntings are strings of colorful, monochrome, beige triangular flags and lengths of fabric in the colors of national flags gathered and draped into swags or pleat
A pleat (plait in older English) is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place. It is commonly used in clothing and upholstery to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference.
Pleats are cat ...
ed into fan shapes.
History
Bunting was originally a specific type of lightweight worsted wool fabric generically known as ''tammy'', manufactured from the turn of the 17th century, and used for making ribbons andflag
A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...
s, including signal flags for the Royal Navy. Amongst other properties that made the fabric suitable for ribbons and flags was its high glaze, achieved by a process including hot-pressing.
The origin of the word is uncertain, Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM, Oxford University Press, 2002. but bunt means colourful in German.
The term ''bunting'' is also used to refer to a collection of flags, and particularly those of a ship. The officer responsible for raising signals using flags is known as ''bunts'', a term still used for a ship's communications officer.
Bunting is a popular choice of decoration at parties, weddings and within gardens.
See also
* Papel picadoNotes
References
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