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banderole

[ ban-duh-rohl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
a narrow scroll, usually bearing an inscription.
(especially in Renaissance architecture) a sculptured band, as on a building, adapted to receive an inscription.

banderole

/ ˈbændəˌrəʊl /

a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
a square flag draped over a tomb or carried at a funeral
a ribbon-like scroll or sculptured band bearing an inscription, found esp in Renaissance architecture
a streamer on a knight's lance

1555–65; < Middle French < Italian banderuola, equivalent to bandier ( a ) banner + -uola < Latin -e- or -i- + -ola -ole ²

C16: from Old French, from Italian banderuola , literally: a little banner, from bandiera banner

No plume or nobloy fluttered from his plain tilting salade, and even his lance was devoid of the customary banderole.

It was discovered, thanks to the same breeze, that the black banderole of the Gypsies was the last of the seven.

Before his time, the soldiers merely wore a banderole over their steel breast-plates and ordinary dresses.

Usually a flying cherub holds an end of the banderole, and Ferri shows a wingless putto even, flying with no other assistance.

Even a simple banderole or scarf suffices to indicate movement in the air if well arranged.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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