banderole

[ban-duh-rohl]

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noun

a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
a narrow scroll, usually bearing an inscription.
(especially in Renaissance architecture) a sculptured band, as on a building, adapted to receive an inscription.

Also ban·de·rol, ban·drol, ban·drole

[ban-drohl] /ˈbæn droʊl/.

Origin of banderole

1555–65; < Middle French < Italian banderuola, equivalent to bandier(a) banner + -uola < Latin -e- or -i- + -ola -ole²

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Related Words for banderole

banner, banneret, colors, ensign, oriflamme, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer, bannerol, burgee, guidon, masthead

Examples from the Web for banderole

Historical Examples of banderole

The banderole was a small flag of yellow silk, with a red moon in the centre, and on the face of the moon a white cross.
The Prince of India, Volume II
Lew. Wallace
Corti made the passage safely, and in the road beyond the moat halted, and drove the staff of his banderole firmly in the ground.
The Prince of India, Volume II
Lew. Wallace
Before his time, the soldiers merely wore a banderole over their steel breast-plates and ordinary dresses.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846
Various
Usually a flying cherub holds an end of the banderole, and Ferri shows a wingless putto even, flying with no other assistance.
Art Principles
Ernest Govett

British Dictionary definitions for banderole

banderole

banderol bannerol

noun

a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
a square flag draped over a tomb or carried at a funeral
a ribbon-like scroll or sculptured band bearing an inscription, found esp in Renaissance architecture
a streamer on a knight's lance

Word Origin for banderole

C16: from Old French, from Italian banderuola, literally: a little banner, from bandiera banner

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