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Definition of Pencel
1. n. A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; -- called also pennoncel.
Definition of Pencel
1. Noun. (historical) A small pennon. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A lady's favour or token as worn by a knight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pencel
1. a small flag [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pencel
Literary usage of Pencel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt (1885)
"... a romance of the fourteenth century, printed in Ellis's collection, mention
is made of " Many a fair pencel on spere. ..."
2. Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against by New York (State). Secretary's Office, Frederick Cook (1887)
"... a very striking instance of their more than savage barbarity in the battle of
the 2 Butlers One Henry pencel of Wyoming who was fortunate enough to make ..."
3. Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries by Henry William Weber, Weber, Henry William, 1783-1818 (1810)
"P. The pencel or pennon differed from the banner, which was square, in bring
long, and tapering to the end. When a banneret was created, the long end of the ..."
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