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Webster 1913 Edition
Pennant
Pen′nant
(pĕn′nant)
, Noun.
[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
“With flags and pennants trimmed.” 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. Drayton.
(b)
A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.