Definition of pennants Pennants
/pɛˈnʌnts/ - [penunts] -
We found 3 definitions of pennants from 2 different sources.
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What does pennants mean?
Wiktionary 
- pennants (Noun)
Plural of pennant.
Part of speech
🔤- pennants, noun, plural of pennant.
WordNet
Wiktionary
- 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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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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.
Part of speech
🔤- pennant, noun, singular of pennants.
