Pennant
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- PennonPennonA pennon was one of the principal three varieties of flags carried during the Middle Ages . Pennoncells and streamers or pendants are considered as minor varieties of this style of flag. The pennon is a flag resembling the guidon in shape, but only half the size...
(or pennant), a narrow, tapering flag commonly flown by ships at sea:- Pennant (commissioning)Pennant (commissioning)The commissioning pennant is a pennant flown from the masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning pennant dates back to the days of chivalry with their trail pendants being flown from the mastheads of ships they commanded...
, the traditional sign of a warship, flown from its masthead while the ship is in commission - Broad pennantBroad pennantA broad pennant is a swallow-tailed tapering flag flown from the masthead of a ship to indicate the presence of a commodore on board. It is so called because its dimensions are roughly 2:3....
, flown from the masthead of a Royal Navy ship to indicate the presence of a commodore on board - Pennant (church)Pennant (church)A Church Pennant is a pennant flown to indicate that a religious service is in progress. It is flown on ships and establishments .-Marine Nationale:The French Navy maintained a church pennant but it fell into disuse in 1905....
, flown by navies during services on board ships - Pennant MeasuresPennant MeasuresThe Pennant Measures are a sequence of sedimentary rocks of the South Wales Coalfield. They are also referred to as the Upper Coal Measures and are assigned to the Westphalian 'C' and Westphalian 'D' stages of the Carboniferous Period....
, a stratigraphicStratigraphyStratigraphy, a branch of geology, studies rock layers and layering . It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks....
division of the South Wales Coal MeasuresCoal MeasuresThe Coal Measures is a lithostratigraphical term for the coal-bearing part of the Upper Carboniferous System. It represents the remains of fluvio-deltaic sediment, and consists mainly of clastic rocks interstratified with the beds of coal...
and including the Pennant Sandstone
- Pennant (commissioning)
- Pennant numberPennant numberIn the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...
, a number used to identify ships by the modern Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth
Pennant may also refer to:
- VympelVympelVympel , also known as KGB Directorate "B" ,Vega Group or Spetsgruppa V, Group B is a Russian special forces unit....
, Russian for Pennant, A Spetznas unit specialised in infiltration and assassination. - Pennant (sports)Pennant (sports)A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used to show support for a particular athletic team. Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc. Traditionally, pennants were made of felt and fashioned in the official colors of a...
, a commemorative flag displayed or flown by a league-winning team- Pennant race, the race to clinch the league or division title in a regular baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
seasonSeason (sports)In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...
- Pennant race, the race to clinch the league or division title in a regular baseball
- A reference to the pennant-shaped "No Passing Zone" prohibitory traffic signProhibitory traffic signProhibitory traffic signs are used to prohibit certain types of manoeuvres or some types of traffic.-No entry:No admittance to unauthorised personnel, usually shown as a red circle with a white rectangle across its face.-Speed limits:...
found in the United States - The common name for the Genus of dragonfly known as CelithemisCelithemisCelithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as Pennants. The genus contains eight species, all native to Eastern North America.-Species:*Celithemis amanda - Amanda's Pennant...
- Flag and pennant patternsFlag and pennant patternsThe flag and pennant patterns are commonly found patterns in the price charts of financially traded assets . The patterns are characterized by a clear direction of the price trend, followed by a consolidation and rangebound movement, which is then followed by a resumption of the trend.- Flag...
in technical analysis of a stock market chart
Placenames
- Pennant, Ceredigion, Wales
- Pennant, Conwy, Wales
- Pennant, PowysPennant, PowysPennant is a small village in Powys, Mid Wales located on the B4518 road between Llanbrynmair and Llanidloes....
, Wales - Pennant, SaskatchewanPennant, Saskatchewan-External links:********-Footnotes:...
, Canada - Pennant Point, Nova ScotiaPennant Point, Nova ScotiaPennant Point is a rural community located at the head of Pennant Harbour near Sambro on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on Route 349 .-Communications:*Telephone exchange 902 - 868...
, Canada
Surnames
- Jermaine PennantJermaine PennantJermaine Lloyd Pennant is a footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League.Born in Nottingham, Pennant played for his local side Notts County as a youngster. He earned promising reviews in the youth team at County and Arsenal signed him in 1999...
, an English Football player, currently playing for Stoke City - Thomas PennantThomas PennantThomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who had built up a modest estate at Bychton by the seventeenth century...
, a Welsh naturalist and antiquary - Nathan Pennant, an Australian junior powerlifter