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Trailing
An uncommon method of saluting using a flag on a pole. The flag is lowered until it just touches the ground for a few seconds, then raised smartly back up the pole. Practiced in some monarchies as a salute to a royal member.

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Triband
see tricolor.

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Tricolor
A flag of three stripes, usually equal in size, arranged either horizontally (such as the Netherlands or Lithuania) or vertically (such as France, Italy, or Belgium). Those arranged vertically are sometimes called tribands. Some similarly-arranged two-color designs (such as Canada and Peru) are also called tricolors.

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Truck
The wooden or metal block at the top of a flagpole below the finial (staff ornament). It includes a pulley or holes for halyard.

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Union
A design that symbolizes unity. It may appear in the canton, as the stars do in the U.S. flag. Or it may be the entire flag, as in the Union Flag of the United Kingdom.

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Vexilloid
A rigid sign carried on a pole, especially those used by ancient Roman legions as unit identifiers; the forerunners of modern flags.

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Vexillology
The study of flag history and symbolism. The name comes from the Latin word vexillum, which means flag. The word was coined by Dr. Whitney Smith of the Flag Research Center.

 

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