Pennant

['penənt] or ['pɛnənt]

Definition

(noun.) a long flag; often tapering.

(noun.) the award given to the champion.

(noun.) a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering).

Typed by Jed--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / 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.

(n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

Typist: Molly

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Naut.) Pendant.

Inputed by Gerard

Definition

n. a flag many times as long as it is wide: a streamer: a long narrow piece of bunting at the mast-heads of war-ships.—Also Penn′on.

Inputed by Barnard