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ban⋅de⋅role

  [ban-duh-rohl]
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–noun
1. a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
2. a narrow scroll, usually bearing an inscription.
3. (esp. in Renaissance architecture) a sculptured band, as on a building, adapted to receive an inscription.
Also, ban⋅de⋅rol, ban⋅drol, ban⋅drole  [ban-drohl] .

Origin:
1555–65; < MF < It banderuola, equiv. to bandier(a) banner + -uola < L -e- or -i- + -ola -ole 2
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ban·de·role or ban·de·rol   (bān'də-rōl')   
n.  

  1. A narrow forked flag or streamer attached to a staff or lance or flown from a ship's masthead.

  2. A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.


[French, from Italian banderuola, diminutive of bandiera, banner, from Vulgar Latin *bandāria; see banner.]
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