gonfalon

But otherwise, let your freak gonfalon fly.

That was the epic and tawdry collapse; that was the one that really reminded a veteran about the wars gone by, when the guys did all they could to screw it up on a regular basis, and the gonfalon stayed nestled in its box for another year.

Thou know'st that in that court where Love puts on His royal robes, no vile man can be servant To any lady who were lost therein; If servant's suff'ring doth assistance win, Our style could show unto the least observant, It beareth mercy for a gonfalon.

Gonfalonier′, one who bears a gonfalon: the chief magistrate in many Italian cities because of his bearing this flag.

Gonfalon, gon′fa-lon, n. an ensign or standard with streamers—also Gon′fanon.—n.