pencel

== English == === Alternative forms === pencell pinsel (chiefly Scottish) pensill (obsolete) === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman pencel, reduced form of penuncel. See pennoncel. By surface analysis, pen +‎ Old French -cel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛnsəl/ === Noun === pencel (plural pencels) (now historical) A small pennon; a little banner, flag, or streamer. [from 13th c.] 1833, "T. S.", Letter to the Editor, Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland (editors), The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Volume 4, page 20: The preceding extracts shew that, in some instances, each of the Judas torches was ornamented with three pencels, or little banners, fixed upon as many small spears; […] . (obsolete) A lady's favour or token as worn by a knight. [15th–16th c.] (rare, obsolete) A knight carrying a pennon. === Anagrams === clepen == Old French == === Etymology === Reducd form of penuncel. === Noun === pencel oblique singular, m (oblique plural penceaus or penceax or penciaus or penciax or pencels, nominative singular penceaus or penceax or penciaus or penciax or pencels, nominative plural pencel) pencel, a small banner ==== Descendants ==== English: pencel === References === pencel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub