pennon
A long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at…A long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at the top of a helmet or lance, originally the ensign of a knight under the rank of knight banneret, and later of a lancer regiment.
» The pennons flapped in the wind.
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8 senses(historical)A long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at the top of a helmet or lance, originally the ensign of a knight under the rank of knight banneret, and later of a lancer regiment.
Lanzenwimpel, Wimpel
флажо́кflažók, вы́мпелvýmpel
(broadly)Any banner or flag.
a long flag; often tapering
(broadly)A heraldic charge in the form of a pennon (sense 1).
(broadly)Synonym of pennant (“a flag or streamer used on a ship”).
(figuratively)Something resembling a pennon (sense 1).
(archaic, broadly, poetic)Synonym of pinion (“a wing”).
wing of a bird
(broadly, obsolete)A Knight Bachelor; also, a soldier who carries an ensign.
(broadly, obsolete, rare)An ornament that dangles or hangs down.
Examples
3 sentencesThe pennons flapped in the wind.
Tudor pennons were highly decorated with slogans and heraldic motifs.
deDie Wimpel der Tudors waren reich dekoriert mit Wahlsprüchen und heraldischen Motiven. — Yorwba
The knight had a blue pennon hanging from the end of his lance.
deDer Ritter hatte einen blauen Wimpel am Ende seiner Lanze hängen. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English pennon, penoun (“long narrow flag attached to a lance or used inFrom Late Middle English pennon, penoun (“long narrow flag attached to a lance or used in other contexts; one who bears a pennon, knight bachelor; plume of feathers; strip around the edge of a shield”), from Anglo-Norman penun (“feather of an arrow”), penoun (“flag attached to a lance”), Middle French pennon, penoun, and Old French penon (“flag attached to a lance”) (modern French pennon), from penne (“feather; wing”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Penne is inherited from Latin penna (“feather (especially a flight feather), pinion; wing”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly (in the sense of spreading out wings)”).
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