pennon

Definition

A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English penoun, pennon, from Anglo-Norman penun, penoun, from Old French penne (“feather”) + -on (diminutive suffix).

Example Sentences

• "Her yellow lockes crisped, like golden wyre, About her shoulders weren loosely shed, And when the winde emongst them did inspyre, They waued like a penon wyde dispred And low behinde her backe were scattered:"
• "Bar Harry England, that sweeps through our land With pennons painted in the blood of Harfleur:"
• "[…] in spite of a sort of screen intended to protect them from the wind, the flame of the torches streamed sideways into the air, like the unfurled pennon of a chieftain."