banderole
English
Alternative forms
Noun
banderole (plural banderoles)
- A little banner, flag, or streamer.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 47:
- Lances were ornamented with a banderole near the point, which gave them a handsome appearance, these were also called pencells.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 47:
- (architecture) A flat band with an inscription, common in Renaissance buildings.
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian banderuola.
Pronunciation
Noun
banderole f (plural banderoles)
- banner (in political demonstration)
- banderole (in the sense of "streamer, little banner, little flag")
- streamer (as a decoration)
- (architecture) banderole (flat band with an inscription)
Further reading
- “banderole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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