Synonyms for pennons
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pen-uh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ən |
Définition of pennons
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
- No Lancers were seen with the column, certainly none with pennons.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- Seventy bullet-holes were counted the next day in the pennons of the lances.
- Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
- He could see the tops of pikes and pennons amid the tree trunks.
- Extract from : « Privy Seal » by Ford Madox Ford
- But surely I hear music, and yonder are their pennons amid the trees.
- Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Did you not say to your men that pennons made like your banner would be lucky?
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain
- It was a gay sight, the lances and the pennons that rode out with the van.
- Extract from : « With the Black Prince » by William Osborn Stoddard
- Pennons and flags, stained with the best old blood;—Feudal if possible.
- Extract from : « The Heroine » by Eaton Stannard Barrett
- The barons had their standards and the knights their pennons.
- Extract from : « Stories of the Olden Time » by Various
- Had not the Knights, her companions, their pennons made after the pattern of hers?
- Extract from : « Heroines That Every Child Should Know » by Various
- A hundred,” was the reply; “and we'll fly on Mercury's pennons to do your bidding.
- Extract from : « Louis' School Days » by E. J. May
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