pencel

or pen·sil

[ pen-suhl ]

noun

1. a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.

pencel

/ ˈpɛnsəl /

noun

1. a small pennon, originally one carried by a knight's squire

Word History and Origins

Origin of pencel¹

1225–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, syncopated variant of penoncel pennoncel

Word History and Origins

Origin of pencel¹

C13: via Anglo-French from Old French penoncel a little pennon

Example Sentences

And thats when the point on his pencel broke and then we got up and went out.

From Literature

And eek, the bet from sorwe him to releve, She made him were a pencel of hir sleve.

From Project Gutenberg

In Richard Coeur de Lion we find   "Many a pencel of sykelatoun   And of sendel of grene and broun," and also pavilions of sendel; and in the Anglo-French ballad of the death of William Earl of Salisbury in St. Lewis's battle on the Nile—   "Le Meister du Temple brace les chivaux    Et le Count Long-Espée depli les sandaux."

From Project Gutenberg