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ENSIGN
ENSIGN, (pavilion de pouppe, enseigne, Fr.) a large standard, or banner, hoisted on a long pole erected over the poop, and called the ensign-staff.The ensign is used to distinguish the ships of different nations from each other, as also to characterise the different squadrons of the navy.
The British ensign in ships of war is known by a double cross, viz. that of St. George and St. Andrew, formed into an union, upon a field which is either red, white, or blue.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 116, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0481.html