banderole

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From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross.

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

Bannerol, in its main uses the same as banderole, is the term especially applied to the square banners carried at the funerals of great men and placed over the tomb.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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

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

"God and our Lady of Blacherne," they shouted, and continued shouting while he was in sight, notwithstanding he did not so much as shake the banderole on his lance in reply.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis