The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentangle \Pen"tan`gle\, n. [Penta- + angle.]
A pentagon. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wikipedia
Pentangle (or The Pentangle) are a British folk-jazz band with an eclectic mix of folk, jazz, blues and folk rock influences. The original band were active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and a later version has been active since the early 1980s. The original line-up, which was unchanged throughout the band's first incarnation (1967–1973), was: Jacqui McShee, vocals; John Renbourn, vocals and guitar; Bert Jansch, vocals and guitar; Danny Thompson, double bass; and Terry Cox, drums.
The name Pentangle was chosen to represent the five members of the band, and is also the device on Sir Gawain's shield in the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight which held a fascination for Renbourn.
In 2007, the original members of the band were reunited to receive a Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and to record a short concert that was broadcast on BBC radio. In June 2008, the band, comprising all five original members, embarked on a twelve-date UK tour.
Pentangle may refer to:
- another word for a pentagram, a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes
- Pentangle (band), a British folk-rock band
- The Pentangle (album), the 1968 album by the band Pentangle
Usage examples of "pentangle".
He tried not to notice the Pentangle that appeared upon each dress in faded gold embroidery.
The Pentangle had been inlaid into each of the doors in brass, and magic was required to enter.
An emerald representation of the Pentangle hung around her neck on a gold chain.
And those of the Pentangle, the ones who practice the Vagaries, shall require the female of the Chosen Ones, and shall bend her to their purpose.
They directed the war from migrating headquarters, usually just behind their ever-advancing eastern front, and took as their symbol the Pentangle, or five-pointed star.
On the walls of the Great Hall the Minions had painted, in blood, the Pentangle, the sign of the Coven.
The sorceresses will all be around the Pentangle, their chosen symbol as illustrated in the volume of the Vagaries.
The First Mistress was dressed in a gown of the palest green, the Pentangle of golden thread clearly visible upon her left breast as always.
He walked around the perimeter of the Pentangle, examining the five men who had been woven into the wheels.
Growing more angry by the second, he walked to the center of the Pentangle to examine the dead woman.
The sign of the Pentangle was inlaid into each of them, glistening brightly in solid gold.
The gold-threaded Pentangle was sewn over her left breast, and a pair of highly polished, sapphire shoes completed the picture.
The black Pentangle inlaid into the white marble floor loomed up before him ominously.
I fear I should be content to devote my faith to the false prophet of the Schismites if they could lend me a pentangle, a lantern and a clove of garlic.
As I took hold of it he produced in his other hand a black pentangle attached to a long string, which I took and wore around my neck upon his direction.