Synonyms for pennons

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pen-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ən

Définition of pennons

Origin : long, narrow flag (often triangular or swallow-tailed), late 14c., from Old French penon "feathers of an arrow; streamer, flag, banner," from penne "feather," from Latin penna "feather" (see pen (n.1)).

noun flag

Example sentences :

No Lancers were seen with the column, certainly none with pennons.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

Seventy bullet-holes were counted the next day in the pennons of the lances.
Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo

He could see the tops of pikes and pennons amid the tree trunks.
Extract from : « Privy Seal » by Ford Madox Ford

But surely I hear music, and yonder are their pennons amid the trees.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Did you not say to your men that pennons made like your banner would be lucky?
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain

It was a gay sight, the lances and the pennons that rode out with the van.
Extract from : « With the Black Prince » by William Osborn Stoddard

Pennons and flags, stained with the best old blood;—Feudal if possible.
Extract from : « The Heroine » by Eaton Stannard Barrett

The barons had their standards and the knights their pennons.
Extract from : « Stories of the Olden Time » by Various

Had not the Knights, her companions, their pennons made after the pattern of hers?
Extract from : « Heroines That Every Child Should Know » by Various

A hundred,” was the reply; “and we'll fly on Mercury's pennons to do your bidding.
Extract from : « Louis' School Days » by E. J. May

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