单词 | pennanted |
释义 | pennantedadj. That has, or is decorated with, a pennant or pennants. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [adjective] > furnished with standard, banner, or flag bannered1667 pennoned1818 embannered1827 pennanted1855 1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 62 The great gay-pennanted three-hundred-foot steamboat.., with her..delicate swift-flashing paddles. 1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 526/1 The tasselled and pennanted landladies are in no wise different from those of the sister village. 1927 Times 14 June 16/6 200 pennanted vessels of every size ranged themselves into a lane through which he was carried to the Battery. 1972 J. Biggs-Davison Africa—Hope Deferred x. 92 The sweeteners of deference and the shining, pennanted cars that have given their name to such new and privileged tribes as the ‘Wa-Benzi’. 1986 K. Moore Moving House vi. 64 Pharaoh's pennanted castle merged into billowy clouds. 2000 Church Times 15 Sept. 11/5 Children spend their time on the beach constructing battlemented castles or pennanted fortifications of golden sand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1855 |
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