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   banderole

   /ˈbandərəʊl/

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow flag with a cleft end, flown at a masthead.
   • ▪ an ornamental streamer on a knight's lance.
   • ▪ a ribbon-shaped stone scroll bearing an inscription.
   • ▪ a rectangular banner carried at the funerals of public figures and placed over the tomb.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, from Italian banderuola, diminutive of bandiera ‘banner’.

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   The meaning of BANDEROLE is a long narrow forked flag or streamer. a long narrow forked flag or streamer; a long scroll bearing an inscription or a device… See the full definition

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   A banderole is a long narrow flag, a square flag draped over a tomb, a ribbon-like scroll or a streamer on a lance. Learn more about its origin, synonyms and usage with examples and translations.

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   A banderole is a narrow flag or streamer attached to a staff or flown from a ship's masthead. It can also be a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription, especially in Renaissance architecture or heraldry.

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   A banderole (French: [bɑ̃dʁɔl] ⓘ, "little banner") is a comparatively small but long flag, historically used by knights and on ships, and as a heraldic device for representing bishops. Bannerol , in its main uses is the same as banderole, and is the term especially applied to banners about a yard square carried at the funerals of great men and placed over the tomb.

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   The long, skinny flag or banner that flies from the mast of a ship is called a banderole.

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   Banderole is a noun that has six meanings related to nautical, heraldry, and flags. It is a borrowing from French and has been in use since the mid 1500s.

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   What does a banderole mean?

   • A banderole is a small flag or streamer carried on the lance of a knight, or a long narrow flag, with cleft end flying from the mast-head of a ship in battle. In heraldry, a banderole is a streamer hanging from beneath the crook of a bishop's crosier and folding over the staff, and for other small streamers or ribbons.

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   What is the difference between a banderole and a flag?

   • Both are flying banderoles (the Breton Kroaz Du and the English flag of St. George.) A banderole (French: [bɑ̃dʁɔl] ⓘ, "little banner") is a comparatively small but long flag, historically used by knights and on ships, and as a heraldic device for representing bishops.

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   What is a banderole in architecture?

   • In architecture, a banderole is also a representation of a streamer or scroll that's engraved with text — this kind of banderole is usually carved from stone. "Banderole."

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   What is the difference between bandire & banderole?

   • Compare Italian bandire "to announce, proclaim, proscribe" (see bandit), overlapping in sense with Old French banir (see banish), both dependent in part on Medieval Latin bannīre, bandīre, with both forms. 1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1 “Banderole.”

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   When was banderole first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun banderole is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for banderole is from 1562, in the writing of Gerard Legh, heraldic writer. banderole is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French banderole.

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   What does Bannerol mean?

   • Bannerol, in its main uses is the same as banderole, and is the term especially applied to banners about a yard square carried at the funerals of great men and placed over the tomb. Often it commemorated a particular exploit of the person bearing the coat of arms.

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   A banderole is a small flag or streamer, usually with an inscription, attached to a lance, masthead, or building. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and usage in sentences from Dictionary.com.