baucan
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
baucan (plural baucans)
- (historical) A long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:baucan.