Usually means: Indicator showing wind direction, decorative.
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  1. dogvane: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dogvane: Wordnik
  3. dogvane: Wiktionary
  4. dogvane: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Dogvane, dogvane: Dictionary.com
  6. Dogvane: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. dogvane: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Dogvane: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. dogvane: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. dogvane: FreeDictionary.org
  11. dogvane: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. dogvane: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (dogvane)

noun:  (nautical) A 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.
noun:  (obsolete, nautical) A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries)

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