pennon
- A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
- A long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel.
- (literary, obsolete) A wing (appendage of an animal's body enabling it to fly); any of the outermost primary feathers on a wing.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛnən/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English penoun, pennon, from Anglo-Norman penun, penoun, from Old French penne (“feather”) + -on (diminutive suffix).
fanion
wimpel
Lanzenwimpel
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