signal-coat

Updated: May 16, 2025

The Portuguese patted him on the shoulder in sign of deep approval. All knelt at the base of the oar that was waving the signal-coat aloft, and bowed their heads. The sea was tossing; the sun rested, a red, rayless disk, on the sea-line in the west.

Mark Twain - Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion