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 Nesbit, E. (Edith)
Once more the quarters of the world I part, And part those quarters 'twixt my princely sons And pennoned fowl!
From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George
It was so set up in that corner, however, that it almost seemed alive, with its right hand extended, and its left holding a long, pennoned lance.
From Ahead of the Army by Emerson, C. Chase
These falling back over the flanks of their horses, with their square lancer caps, plumed, and overtopped by the points of the pennoned lances, give them an imposing martial appearance.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
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