Definition of Pennoncelle

1. Noun. A small pennant borne on a lance.

Exact synonyms: Pennoncel, Penoncel
Generic synonyms: Pennant, Pennon, Streamer, Waft

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennoncelle

pennied
pennies
penniform
pennigerous
penniless
pennilessly
pennilessness
pennill
pennine
penninerved
penning
pennipotent
pennis
pennon
pennoncel
pennoncelle (current term)
pennoncels
pennoned
pennons
pennorth
pennorths
penny-a-liner
penny-a-liners
penny-ante
penny-pinch
penny-pincher
penny-pinching

Literary usage of Pennoncelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of British Heraldry, Consisting of Blazon and Marshalling ; with by William Sloane Sloane-Evans (1854)
"The pennoncelle was still smaller. This (as well as the two last) was merely ornamented with the Crest and single devices, but not the Arms. 5. ..."

2. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1860)
"Standard and pennoncelle. A Hue bugle-horn, garnished in gold, for Bryan. ... A silver locket within the horns of a silver crescent. pennoncelle. ..."

3. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"A demi-lion argent issuing from a ducal Forked pennon, coronet, and holding a pennoncelle gules charged with a lion passant gardant or, the staff of the ..."

4. A First Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts, in Prose and Verse, with by George Stillman Hillard (1861)
"... as he rode, projected backwards, and displayed its little pennoncelle,* to dally with. the faint breeze, or drop in the dead calm. ..."

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