Pennant Of The Austin
Pennant may refer to: Flag or banner * Pennon (or pennant), a narrow, tapering flag ** Commissioning pennant, the traditional sign of a warship, flown from its masthead while the ship is in commission ** Broad pennant, flown from the masthead of a British Royal Navy ship to indicate the presence of a commodore on board ** Pennant (church), flown by navies during services on board ships * Pennant number, a number used to identify ships by the British Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth * Pennant (sports), a commemorative flag displayed or flown by a league-winning team ** Pennant race, the race to clinch the division title in a regular baseball season * Pennant, a reference to Flag and pennant patterns in technical analysis of a stock market chart Places * Pennant, Ceredigion, Wales * Pennant, Powys, Wales * Pennant, Saskatchewan, Canada * Pennant Point, Nova Scotia, Canada * Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia People * Dafydd Pennant (16th centu ...
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Pennon
A pennon, also known as a pennant or pendant, is a long narrow flag which is larger at the hoist than at the fly. It can have several shapes, such as triangular, tapering (square tail) or triangular swallowtail (forked tail), etc. In maritime use, pennants are to be hung from the main truck. Pennon-style flags were one of the principal three varieties of flags carried during the Middle Ages (the other two were the banner and the standard). The pennon is a flag resembling the guidon in shape, but only half the size. It does not contain any coat of arms, but only crests, mottos and heraldic and ornamental devices. Pennoncell, streamer and wimpel are minor varieties of this style of flag (see variant types). Etymology Pennon comes from the Latin ''penna'', meaning "a wing" or "a feather". Initially it was a term for a "small pennant". Pennant have been used as a general (and imprecise) term for flags which are not strictly rectangular. Pendant is an obsolete spelling of p ...
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