Meaning
Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose. Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).
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