Wimpel — meaning in English

English meaning

• pennant noun A narrow, tapering flag, often triangular, used for signaling, decoration, or to mark a special occasion.
• pennon noun A long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at the top of a helmet or lance, originally the ensign of a knight under the rank of knight banneret, and later of a lancer regiment.

Senses

Wimpel is used for these senses in English:

• pennant A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
• pennon A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.

pennant — full definition

1. noun A narrow, tapering flag, often triangular, used for signaling, decoration, or to mark a special occasion.
2. noun A championship, or the flag awarded for winning one, especially in baseball.

pennon — full definition

1. noun A long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at the top of a helmet or lance, originally the ensign of a knight under the rank of knight banneret, and later of a lancer regiment.
2. noun Any banner or flag.
3. noun Synonym of pinion (“a wing”).
4. noun A heraldic charge in the form of a pennon (sense 1).

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