pennon

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Sir Robert now stood before them, revealed not as a knight in glittering plate armor with pennon flying from his lance, but as what he had been all along: a grave, punctilious, honest lawyer.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2019

They brought with them a gift for the Belgian Society of Napoleonic Studies: a pennon of the Imperial Guard, carried from the battlefield 138 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had heard things said, a word dropped here and there—mostly by women, and he knew that harsh winds had begun to blow round the young slim tree with the brave green pennon.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia

Each sentry held a staff or long pennon, to the top of which was tied one of the hateful red cloths.

From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler

Her dress, her banner and pennon, were inquired about.

From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various