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

All alike called her their love, each one wore her favour, whether ring or sleeve or pennon, and each cried her name in the tourney.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

In many of the illuminations of MSS. in the fifteenth century we also find a gold dragon on a red pennon, as one of the ensigns in the French armies.

From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew

That she had pride was plain enough—the fine pride of courage; the pride of a slim, strong young tree that stands firm in winds that tear and beat, flaunting a brave green pennon.

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