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pennoncel Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈpɛnənsɛl|
Forms: 4 penonceal, 5, 9 -cell, 5 penoun-, 7, 9 -cel, 9 -cele, 8– pennoncel, (9 -celle).
[a. OF. penoncel (= It. pennoncello, ‘a little plume or bunch of feathers, also a little streamer or banderoll’ (Florio), med.L. penuncellus, penonsellus, Du Cange), dim. of penon, pennon. See also the reduced form pencel, which is found earlier.]
A small pennon borne upon a helmet or lance, a pencel; a pennon or pendant of a ship.
1390Gower Conf. III. 308 Than sen thei stonde on every side, Endlong the schipes bord to schewe, Of Penonceals a riche rewe. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon vi. 153 The kyng..fonde her besi aboute a penouncell of a spere that she made full fayr for the knyghte Reynawde. c1489― Blanchardyn xviii. 56 Many a highe mast that bare grete saylles And many penoncelles, baners, and standardes that the wynde shok here and there. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. xiv. (1611) 224 These penoncels are made of certain smal peeces of Taffeta or Sarcenet, cut after the forme of a pennon, wherewith martiall men doe oftentimes adorne their speares and launces. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xviii. (Roxb.) 122/2 He beareth a speare Or, garnished or adorned with a penon or penoncell Argent. 1727Bailey vol. II, Pennoncels. 1814Scott Chivalry (1874) 33 Whom they were entitled to muster under a Penoncele or small triangular streamer somewhat like the naval pennant of the present day. a1835Motherwell Madman's Love, The fluttering of each penoncel By knightly lance upborne. |