'Bunting' definitions:

Definition of 'bunting'

(from WordNet)
noun
A loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
noun
Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

Definition of 'Bunting'

From: GCIDE
  • Bunting \Bun"ting\, Buntine \Bun"tine\, n. [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.] A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bunting'

From: GCIDE
  • Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zool.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid[ae]). [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan ({Emberiza hortulana}); the cirl (Emberiza cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass ({Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus} or Po[oe]cetes gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, {Lark bunting}. [1913 Webster] Bunting