Pennant

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 whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The {board pennant} is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. ``With flags and pennants trimmed.'' --Drayton. (b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked. [1913 Webster]

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  • Pennant — Pennant, Thomas, geb. 1726 zu Downing in Flintshire; studirte die Rechte, legte sich aber bes. auf Naturgeschichte u. Antiquitäten u. machte Reisen in mehre Länder Europas; die Zwischenzeit brachte er auf seinem Landgute Downing zu u. st. 1798.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • pennant — 1610s, rope for hoisting, probably a blend of PENDANT (Cf. pendant) (q.v.) in the nautical sense of suspended rope and PENNON (Cf. pennon). Use for flag on a warship first recorded 1690s; flag symbolizing a sports championship (especially… …   Etymology dictionary

  • pennant — *flag, ensign, standard, banner, color, streamer, pendant, pennon, jack …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pennant — [n] flag, banner banderole, bunting, burgee, color, decoration, emblem, ensign, jack, pennon, screamer, standard, streamer; concepts 260,473 …   New 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

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