dogvaneEtymologyFrom dog + vane.nounA small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, fastened to the end of a short staff and placed on the weather gunwale of a sailing ship to assist the helmsman to judge the direction of the wind.“she had an ugly knack of stopping, and swinging one leg all manner of ways, like a dogvane in a calm.”A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries)