Synonyms for pennon

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pen-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ən

Définition of pennon

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 :

Close by the stern stood Black Simon with the pennon of the house of Loring.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

What is the use of a shield on a wall, or a lance that has a cobweb for a pennon?
Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray

He needed his Squire at his side, for his pennon was in the breeze once more.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The banner of the Cid was green, Miss Adister: or else it's his pennon that was.
Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith

The Pennon is a small, narrow flag, forked or swallow-tailed at its extremity.
Extract from : « The Flags of the World » by F. Edward Hulme

The Englishman deliberately omits the capture of the pennon.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy » by Andrew Lang

The triangular Pennon occurs in many of the groups of the Painted Chamber.
Extract from : « Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe » by John Hewitt

Each lance for each man of the three doth its own pennon bear.
Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose

A banner or pennon,” said the warder; “methinks he rides like the young Baron.
Extract from : « The Little Duke » by Charlotte M. Yonge

“Frenetic to be free,” like the pennon, is in this sense the concentration of its meaning.
Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe

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