long pennant — noun : a long narrow piece of bunting generally carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission … Useful english dictionary
Pennant — Pen nant, n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See {Pen} a feather, and cf. {Pennon}, {Pinion}.] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The {narrow pennant}, or {long pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pennant — Synonyms and related words: Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union Jack, and blue, banderole, banner, banneret, black flag, blue ensign, bunting, burgee, coachwhip, color, colors, ensign,… … Moby Thesaurus
pennant — ► NOUN 1) a tapering flag flown at the masthead of a ship in commission. 2) a long triangular or swallow tailed flag. 3) N. Amer. a flag identifying a sports team, club, etc. ORIGIN blend of PENDANT(Cf. ↑pendant) and PENNON(Cf. ↑P) … English terms dictionary
pennant — [pen′ənt] n. [< PENNON, altered by assoc. with PENDANT] 1. any long, narrow, usually triangular flag, as used in naval signal hoists, for a school banner, etc. 2. any such flag symbolizing a championship, esp. in baseball … English World dictionary
Pennant (commissioning) — The Jeanne d Arc flying her paying off pennant while returning to harbour. The commissioning pennant (or masthead pennant) is a pennant (also spelt pendant ) flown from the masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning pennant… … Wikipedia
board pennant — Pennant Pen nant, n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See {Pen} a feather, and cf. {Pennon}, {Pinion}.] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The {narrow pennant}, or {long pennant} (called also whip or coach… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
narrow pennant — Pennant Pen nant, n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See {Pen} a feather, and cf. {Pennon}, {Pinion}.] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The {narrow pennant}, or {long pennant} (called also whip or coach… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pennant — [[t]pe̱nənt[/t]] pennants 1) N COUNT A pennant is a long, narrow, triangular flag. The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant. Syn: flag 2) N COUNT In baseball, a pennant is a flag that is given each year to the top team in a league. The… … English dictionary
pennant — UK [ˈpenənt] / US noun Word forms pennant : singular pennant plural pennants 1) [countable] a long narrow flag with a pointed end, used mainly by ships, businesses, and teams 2) the pennant in the US, the flag that is the symbol and prize for… … English dictionary
