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English-Hungarian marine and sailing dictionary. 2010.
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pennant — pendant, pendent, pennant The noun pendant means ‘a hanging jewel or ornament’ or in nautical use ‘a short rope hanging from the head of a mast’; the adjective pendent means ‘hanging or overhanging’ and has a few technical uses. A pennant is a… … Modern English usage
pendant — pendant, pendent, pennant The noun pendant means ‘a hanging jewel or ornament’ or in nautical use ‘a short rope hanging from the head of a mast’; the adjective pendent means ‘hanging or overhanging’ and has a few technical uses. A pennant is a… … Modern English usage
pennant — 1610s, rope for hoisting, probably a blend of PENDANT (Cf. pendant) (q.v.) in the nautical sense of suspended rope and PENNON (Cf. pennon). Use for flag on a warship first recorded 1690s; flag symbolizing a sports championship (especially… … Etymology dictionary
pennant — ► NOUN 1) a tapering flag flown at the masthead of a ship in commission. 2) a long triangular or swallow tailed flag. 3) N. Amer. a flag identifying a sports team, club, etc. ORIGIN blend of PENDANT(Cf. ↑pendant) and PENNON(Cf. ↑P) … English terms dictionary
pennant — *flag, ensign, standard, banner, color, streamer, pendant, pennon, jack … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pennant — [pen′ənt] n. [< PENNON, altered by assoc. with PENDANT] 1. any long, narrow, usually triangular flag, as used in naval signal hoists, for a school banner, etc. 2. any such flag symbolizing a championship, esp. in baseball … English World dictionary
pendant — *flag, ensign, standard, banner, color, streamer, pennant, pennon, jack … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Pennant Hills, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Pennant Hills city = Sydney state = nsw caption = lga = postcode = 2120 est = pop = 6,830 (2006 census) area = propval = stategov = Epping fedgov = Berowra near nw = Cherrybrook near n = Westleigh… … Wikipedia
Pennant (commissioning) — The Jeanne d Arc flying her paying off pennant while returning to harbour. The commissioning pennant (or masthead pennant) is a pennant (also spelt pendant ) flown from the masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning pennant… … Wikipedia
Pennant number — In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers (sometimes referred to as pendant numbers). The name pennant number arises from the fact that ships were originally allocated a… … Wikipedia
pendant, pendent, pennant — A pendant is a hanging object, an ornament of some kind: Priscilla fastened a gold pendant on her collar. Pendent is an adjective meaning suspended, hanging down, dangling : The tapestry pendent from the balcony was richly designed. A pennant is… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
