banderole

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A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

At the top, a pretty banderole, which appears at first sight to form a part of the ensemble of the curves, completes the design.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

A giant replica of the Bureau's cap-emblem—the Federal eagle clutching between his talons a banderole bearing the motto, 'Tis More Blessed to Give Than Receive—had been mounted on the center wall, the place of honor.

From The Great Potlatch Riots by Lang, Allen Kim

Before his time, the soldiers merely wore a banderole over their steel breast-plates and ordinary dresses.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

The impression was in black and the distance between the banderole and the stamp was changed to 8 mm.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong