Definition of Wheft. Meaning of Wheft. Synonyms of Wheft

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Definition of Wheft

Wheft
Wheft Wheft, n. (Naut.) See Waft, n., 4.
Wheft
Wheft Wheft, n. (Naut.) A kind of streamer or flag used either as a signal, or at the masthead for ornament or to indicate the direction of the wind to aid in steering.

Meaning of Wheft from wikipedia

- often share names. Distress Flying the flag upside-down, or tying it into a wheft. Half-mast A style of flag display where the flag is flown at least the...
- by tying a knot in it and then flying it upside-down, making it into a wheft. Examples of inverted flags as distress signals HMS Romney aground off the...