Definition of pennant Pennant

/pɛˈnʌnt/ - [penunt] - pen•nant

We found 14 definitions of pennant from 6 different sources.

What does pennant mean?

Noun Plural: pennants
pennant - a long flag; often tapering
		pennon, streamer, waft
		flag a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
pennant - the award given to the champion
		crown
pennant - a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)

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pennant (Noun)
A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
pennant (Noun)
The broad pennant flown by commodores.
pennant (Noun)
The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship.
pennant (Noun)
The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.
pennant (Noun)
The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
pennant (Noun)
A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

pennant (n.)
A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.
pennant (n.)
A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

pennant
pen′ant, n. a flag many times as long as it is wide: a streamer: a long narrow piece of bunting at the mast-heads of war-ships.—Also Penn′on. [Pennant is formed from pennon, with excrescent t; pennon is Fr. pennon—L. penna, a wing.]

pennant
A long narrow banner with St. George's cross in the head, and hoisted at the main. It is the badge of a ship-of-war. Signal pennants are 9 feet long, tapering from 2 feet at the mast to 1 foot. They denote the vessels of a fleet; there are ten pennants, which can be varied beyond any number of ships present. When the pennant is half mast, it denotes the death of the captain. When hauled down the ship is out of commission. Broad pennant denotes a commodore, and is a swallow-tailed flag, the tails tapering, and would meet, if the exterior lines were prolonged; those of a cornet could not.

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