pencel

noun /ˈpɛnsəl/

1. A small pennon; a little banner, flag, or streamer.

   historical

   […] forty trumpet banners of sarsenet; seven hundred and forty pensills; three hundred and fifty pensills of tarter; four standards of sarsenet with boars; […]

2. A lady's favour or token as worn by a knight.

   obsolete

3. A knight carrying a pennon.

   obsolete, rare

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman pencel, reduced form of penuncel. See pennoncel. By surface analysis, pen + Old French -cel.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pencel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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