pencel

 [pen-suhl]  

pen·cel

   [pen-suhl]
noun
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
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Also, pensil, pennoncel, penoncel.

Origin:
1225–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, syncopated variant of penoncel pennoncel
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pencel, pensel or pensil (ˈpɛnsəl)
 
—n
a small pennon, originally one carried by a knight's squire
 
[C13: via Anglo-French from Old French penoncel a little pennon]
 
pensel, pensel or pensil
 
—n
 
[C13: via Anglo-French from Old French penoncel a little pennon]
 
pensil, pensel or pensil
 
—n
 
[C13: via Anglo-French from Old French penoncel a little pennon]

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