pennon
- noun
- /ˈpɛnən/
- Archaic
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pennón
- Bar Harry England, that sweeps through our land... with pennons painted in the blood of Harflew.
- pennons flying
Examples
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The island was a small one and was occupied entirely by a single building, a high-walled fortress with pennons flying from its many turrets—the fortress of the lord of the Lake of Death.
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Three warriors, left and left-rear, hold staffs, to each of which are attached three pennons, similar to those used in Ethiopia for a short time near the end of the century, but lost currency, as we have seen, by century's end.
Academic text (2006) -
Above them are two sets of three pennons: blue, red, and white; and white, red, and blue.
Academic text (2006) -
Wire stakes supporting small red, yellow, and blue plastic pennons gave her some help in locating sites marked on the plan.
Fiction book (1992) -
She could well-nigh see plume and pennon flying in the wind of his gallop.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was on a desolate hillside, a worn battle lance beside me, its pennon little more than a rag.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Shall we go outside?" It was cold outside, with a gusty wind that lashed two pennons flying atop the poles set at either side of the moor.
Fiction book (1992) -
The island was a small one and was occupied entirely by a single building, a high-walled fortress with pennons flying from its many turrets—the fortress of the lord of the Lake of Death.
Fiction book (1998) -
Above them are two sets of three pennons: blue, red, and white; and white, red, and blue.
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Wire stakes supporting small red, yellow, and blue plastic pennons gave her some help in locating sites marked on the plan.
Synonyms
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1.1
A long narrow strip of paper or cloth used to decorate places like walls and windows
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4.6
A long narrow flag that ends in a point used for decoration or signals
A small narrow flag on the end of a knight's lance
A small flag a knight ties to his lance
A small flag carried on a knight's lance in the Middle Ages
A small flag attached to a lance used by soldiers on horseback
A small flag used by soldiers or surveyors to mark a place
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pennon comes from an old word penna meaning 'feather' or 'wing', and it is related to the word pennant. Think of a pennon as a long feather fixed to a pole that flutters in the wind, which is why it now means a long, narrow flag.