pennoned
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Under the gate arch hung with a pennoned canopy, through the palace entrance marked with the letter "W" in electric light bulbs, they trooped to salute their onetime King-Emperor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The green turf, the white tents, the flash of pennoned lances, the gleam of armour, and the bright colours of scarf and tunic—it was just like a splendid coloured picture.
From Five Children and It by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
The lines of helmets and pennoned lances disappeared over the crest of a pass cutting through the bleak mountain range that formed the rocky spine of Italy.
From The Saracen: The Holy War by Shea, Robert
We'll rally and rally, And rally again, To our standard now pennoned and flying; And we swear, 'neath its bright folds Of crimson and gold, To own it, though living or dying.
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf
Their pennoned lances, waving in the wind, Two hundred clanking horsemen tramped behind, In iron harness clad.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by Gilfillan, George
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