GR translation: white stock

[Mike Jing]

That's what I thought at first, but then I noticed "white stock" seems to
be in parallel with "red and blue cornflowers".


On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it means white background , stock white—-that exists with
> pictures—/with images on it. Red and blue cornflowrs
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V568.28-33, P578.21-26   The crowd next morning is sparse and placid: old
>> people and children, and a few silent veterans. The Viking invaders are
>> all
>> kids, helmets sloping down over their eyes, capes dragging the ground,
>> shields as big as they are and weaponry twice as high. Giant Plechazunga
>> images with white stock and red and blue cornflowers woven onto the
>> wiremesh frames, line the square.
>>
>> What does "stock" mean here?
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