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Pennoncel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small pennon, flag, or streamer borne on a lance.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A pencel.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A small pennon borne on a lance. See pencel.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as pennon

n. In heraldry, a very small flag resembling a pennon in shape and use.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a small pennant borne on a lance

Word Usage

"England, and each troop guided by the square banner, swallow-tailed pennon or pointed pennoncel of their leader, came marching to the gates of Calais, above which floated the blue standard of France with its golden flowers, and with it the banner of the governor, Sir Jean de"

Equivalent

pennoncelle

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

pennant waft streamer pennon

Variant

pencel penoncel