Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bearing a pennon.

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  • adjective set with one or more pennons (of a pole, spear, mast, etc.)

Etymologies

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From pennon +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • Using their pennoned lances, Roger's two lieutenants prodded at a cast-off husk of pinkish armor.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • Yet it was not her height that sent through me the thrill of awe, of half incredulous terror which, relaxing my grip, let my smoking rifle drop to earth; nor was it that about her proud head a cloud of shining tresses swirled and pennoned like a misty banner of woven copper flames — no, nor that through her veils her body gleamed faint radiance.

    The Metal Monster 2004

  • The waif is a pennoned pole, two or three of which are carried by every boat; and when additional game is at hand, are inserted upright into the floating body of a dead whale, both to mark its place on the sea, and also as token of prior possession, should the boats of any other ship draw near.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • But they were streaming out of the gully, too, Tiger soldiers with drawn swords, and at their head the white-button mandarin and half a dozen mounted monsters in black bamboo armour and helmets, brandishing pennoned spears and screaming blue murder.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • But they were streaming out of the gully, too, Tiger soldiers with drawn swords, and at their head the white-button mandarin and half a dozen mounted monsters in black bamboo armour and helmets, brandishing pennoned spears and screaming blue murder.

    Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • But they were streaming out of the gully, too, Tiger soldiers with drawn swords, and at their head the white-button mandarin and half a dozen mounted monsters in black bamboo armour and helmets, brandishing pennoned spears and screaming blue murder.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • Conan's first thought was that he had stumbled onto a traveling fair, for well over half a thousand people surrounded those gaily striped and pennoned pavilions, being lowered now by turbaned servants.

    Conan The Victorious Jordan, Robert 1984

  • With one hand Aiken raised his pennoned lance, saluting first the royal box and then the mob of spectators.

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • The lines of helmets and pennoned lances disappeared over the crest of a pass cutting through the bleak mountain range that formed the rocky spine of Italy.

    The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

  • Cardinal Ascanio himself came to the city gate with clergy and the Council; cavalry, a parti-coloured array, pennoned and feathered, escorted them to the castle.

    Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett

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