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  • noun Plural form of pennon.

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Examples

  • Dhows and feluccas, hill stations, outposts, flags fluttering down in the dusk, their golden aegis went out with the sun, the last gleam on a great crag, with tiger-eyed turbaned Sikhs, pennons of the Raj to a sobbing bugle.

    The Lost Empire 2010

  • Dhows and feluccas, hill stations, outposts, flags fluttering down in the dusk, their golden aegis went out with the sun, the last gleam on a great crag, with tiger-eyed turbaned Sikhs, pennons of the Raj to a sobbing bugle.

    The Lost Empire 2010

  • They stretched their wings in languorous movements, flexing each muscle of their magnificent leathery pennons.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • At their fore, long pennons flew atop perfectly upright lances.

    Men Don't Leave Me 2010

  • He stood and stalked off the dais, leaving the pennons on the walls fluttering in his wake.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • The banners and pennons which were displayed by every knight, baron, and man of rank, floated before their tents, and the owners of these transitory dwellings sat at the door half-armed, and enjoying the military contests of the soldiers, in wrestling, pitching the bar, and other athletic exercises.

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • I doubt that Bede's source - which sounds suspiciously legendary - had a detailed description in any case, any more than a fairytale that says "he came to a castle" feels the need to specify whether this was a Roman fort, a Dun, a squat Norman keep or a twirly Hollywood castle with turrets and fluttery pennons.

    The Female Royal Line: matrilineal succession amongst the Picts? Carla 2008

  • Although, therefore, the crusaders were destitute in a great measure of the use of tents, the army (excepting the pavilions of some leaders of high rank) had constructed for themselves temporary huts, not unpleasing to the eye, being decorated with leaves and flowers, while the tall pennons and banners that floated over them with various devices, showed that the flower of Europe were assembled at that place.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • Military music sounded, banners and pennons waved, armour glittered far and wide, and spears glanced and twinkled like stars in a frosty sky.

    The Abbot 2008

  • But he spake courteously, and said, turning to Hugh, who rode the foremost: Fair sir, would ye tell unto the man whose business it is to safeguard the good town of Utterhay what folk ye be, and on what errand ye ride, and how it is that ye come forth from Evilshaw safe, in good case, with pennons displayed, as if the said wood were your very own livelihood?

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

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