PENNON

pennon, pinion

(noun) wing of a bird

pennant, pennon, streamer, waft

(noun) a long flag; often tapering

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pennon (plural pennons)

A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.

(nautical) A long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel.

Synonym: pennant

(literary, obsolete) A wing (appendage of an animal's body enabling it to fly); any of the outermost primary feathers on a wing.

Synonym: pinion

Source: Wiktionary


Pen"non, n. Etym: [Cf. Pinion.]

Definition: A wing; a pinion. Milton.

Pen"non, n. Etym: [See Pennant.]

Definition: A pennant; a flag or streamer. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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