pennon
- n a long flag; often tapering
- n wing of a bird
- The pennon carried at the end of the lance would be blazoned: Quartered per cross; the first azure, three fleurs de lys or, two over one; second gules, three lions passant, couped .
- They brought with them a gift for the Belgian Society of Napoleonic Studies: a pennon of the Imperial Guard, carried from the battlefield 138 years ago.