gumphion
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[edit]Noun
[edit]gumphion (plural gumphions)
- (historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering:
- And then the funeral pomp set forth; saulies with their batons and gumphions of tarnished white crape, in honour of the well-preserved maiden fame of Mrs. Margaret Bertram.