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pennon
[ pen-uhn ]
noun
- a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
- a pennant.
- any flag or banner.
- a wing or pinion.
pennon
/ ˈ±èÉ›²ÔÉ™²Ô /
noun
- a long flag, often tapering and rounded, divided, or pointed at the end, originally a knight's personal flag
- a small tapering or triangular flag borne on a ship or boat
- a poetic word for wing
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ±è±ð²Ôn´Ç²Ô±ð»å adjective
- un·±è±ð²Ôn´Ç²Ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pennon1
Example Sentences
The cloths strained against the scaffolding of barricade and pavilion, and the pennons lay taut on the wind.
Outside the Merchant’s House a trestle table had been set up in the shade and decorated with striped blue-and-white pennons that fluttered at every breath of air.
Pale red pennons trailed from the ends of a few lances, but many more carried battle-axes and great- swords and shields hacked half to splinters.
Torch flames fluttered like pennons along the walls, and here and there the odd torch guttered out.
His brother John, who won his spurs under my pennon when but a boy, soon got me speech of him; and you are to go with me at once to his presence, pretty maid.
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