pennoncel

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English

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Etymology

Middle English penoncel, from Old French [Term?], diminutive of penon, "pennon". See pennon, pennant.

Noun

pennoncel (plural pennoncels)

  1. (historical) A small pennon (a thin flag or streamer).
    Synonym: pencel
    • 1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King, New York: Berkeley, Chapter 25, pp. 423-424,[1]
      Where the raiding parties had once streamed along the highways with fluttering pennoncels, now there were merry bands of pilgrims telling each other dirty stories on the way to Canterbury.
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