[ noun ] a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) <noun.artifact>
Tricolor \Tri"col`or\, n. [F. tricolore, drapeau tricolore a tricolored flag, fr. tricolore three-colored; tri (see {Tri-}) + L. color color.] [Written also {tricolour}.] 1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.
2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
I sat by the temple gate in the company of half a dozen heavily armed Legionnaires with blue berets on their shaven heads and bright, tricolour flashes on their shoulders.