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- Dictionarypennon/ˈpɛnən/
noun
- 1. a long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, especially one of a kind formerly attached to a lance or helmet; a pennant.
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The meaning of PENNON is a long usually triangular or swallow-tailed streamer typically attached to the head of a lance as an ensign.
pennon in British English. (ˈpɛnən ) noun. 1. a long flag, often tapering and rounded, divided, or pointed at the end, originally a knight's personal flag. 2. a small tapering or triangular flag borne on a ship or boat. 3. a poetic word for wing. Collins English Dictionary.
A pennon, also known as a pennant or pendant, is a long narrow flag which is larger at the hoist than at the fly, i.e., the flag narrows as it moves away from the flagpole. It can have several shapes, such as triangular, tapering (square tail) or triangular swallowtail (forked tail), etc.
the "pennon" family. a long flag; often tapering.
pennon. ( ˈpɛnən) n. 1. (Heraldry) a long flag, often tapering and rounded, divided, or pointed at the end, originally a knight's personal flag. 2. (Nautical Terms) a small tapering or triangular flag borne on a ship or boat. 3. a poetic word for wing.
pennon noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. c1380–. A long narrow triangular or swallow-tailed flag, usually attached to the head of a lance or a helmet, originally the ensign of a knight under the rank of banneret, and later the military ensign of lancer regiments. Now chiefly historical. c1380.
noun. a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight. a pennant. any flag or banner. a wing or pinion.
