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pencel

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛnsəl/Sorted ceelnpStarts with PEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A small pennon; a little banner, flag, or streamer.

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman pencel, reduced form of penuncel. See pennoncel. By surface analysis, pen + Old French -cel.

Used in a sentence

  • […] forty trumpet banners of sarsenet; seven hundred and forty pensills; three hundred and fifty pensills of tarter; four standards of sarsenet with boars; […]
  • Lances were ornamented with a banderole near the point, which gave them a handsome appearance, these were also called pencells.
  • The preceding extracts shew that, in some instances, each of the Judas torches was ornamented with three pencels, or little banners, fixed upon as many small spears; […] .

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