Sentence examples for pennon from inspiring English sources

So who puts what on their pennon?

The pennon, a small triangular flag, was carried by each knight on his lance.

But the pennon served also to strike terror into the enemy and to denote rank.

One purpose of the pennon was to obviate accidents in much the same way as does a red flag tied to a long pole or rod that extends beyond the tailboard of a truck.

The sokutai ensemble begins with a cap-shaped headdress of black lacquered silk (the kammuri), which includes an upright pennon decorated with the imperial chrysanthemum crest.

He invaded England (1388), besieged Newcastle for three days, and captured the pennon of Sir Henry Percy ("Hotspur") in single combat.

Banneret, a European medieval knight privileged to display in the field a square banner (as distinct from the tapering pennon of a simple knight).

The cap-shaped headdress (kammuri), of black lacquered silk, has an upright pennon decorated with the imperial chrysanthemum crest.

The water company, facing a £100m takeover from larger rival Pennon, uses a tremendous amount of gas, electricity and diesel oil to run the pumps, treatment works and filter beds needed to provide half a million customers with 140 litres a day of fresh water.

Among the mid-caps Pennon slid 27p to 699.5p yesterday after Credit Suisse cut its rating on the water and waste business from neutral to underperform.

Severn Trent is up 8p at £21.12, United Utilities has edged up 1p to 952p but Pennon has dipped 4p to 889.5p.