Crossword clues for pennoncel
pennoncel
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pencel \Pen"cel\, n. [See Pennoncel.]
A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance;
-- called also pennoncel. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
n. A pencel.
WordNet
n. a small pennant borne on a lance [syn: penoncel, pennoncelle]
Usage examples of "pennoncel".
Festooned with a brave display of heraldry, she flew a pennoncel at the masthead, the standard of Eldaraigne at the forecastle, four other banners aft, including the yellow ensign of the Merchant Service, and streamers, thirty yards long, charged with yellow dragons, blue lozenges, and white birds.
A mellow sea-breeze came cantering out of the west to lift among the sails the Royal Heraldry of the pennoncels and the long ribbons of streamers, the gay banners and the swallow-tailed gittons, laying them straight along its flowing mane.
Rain drummed steadily on the roof, just above the bannerettes and pennoncels stored in the rafters.