Banderole

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  • noun. A narrow forked flag or streamer attached to a staff or lance or flown from a ship's masthead.
  • noun. A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small flag or streamer.
  • noun. In heraldry, a streamer affixed immediately beneath the crook on the top of the staff of a bishop, and folding over the staff.
  • noun. A long narrow streamer with cleft ends, carried at the masthead of ships, as in battle, etc.
  • noun. A band of various form adapted to receive an inscription, used in decorative sculpture and other decorative art, especially of the Renaissance period.
  • noun. Also written bannerol.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A little banner, flag, or streamer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A little banner, flag, or streamer.
  • Word Usage
    "The banderole was a small flag of yellow silk, with a red moon in the centre, and on the face of the moon a white cross."
    cross-reference
    pencell  
    Equivalent
    bandrol  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    variant
    bannerol