gonfanon

[ gon-fuh-nuhn ]

noun
  1. a gonfalon that hangs directly from a pole, especially from the shaft of a lance just below the lance head.

Origin of gonfanon

1
1250–1300; Middle English go(u)nfano(u)n<Old French gunfanun, gonfanon,Old Provençal gonfano<Germanic; compare Old High German gund (Old English gūth) battle, German Fahne flag

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