gonfalon

[ gon-fuh-luh n ]

/ ˈgɒn fə lən /

a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.

a standard, especially one used by the medieval Italian republics.

Origin of gonfalon

1585–95; < Italian gonfalone < Middle French gonfalon, gonfanon < Germanic; see gonfanon

Gonfalon, gon′fa-lon, n. an ensign or standard with streamers—also Gon′fanon.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various
Down are gone both cap and feather, Lance and gonfalon are down!

The Bon Gaultier Ballads |William Edmonstoune Aytoun
He registered a vow to set a watch on this solicitous cousin who offered so readily to bear his gonfalon.

Love-at-Arms |Raphael Sabatini
The people were drawn together under the Gonfalon of justice and the ensigns of the companies of the artisans.

History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy |Niccolo Machiavelli

The Doge himself, seventy-two years and all, reared his gonfalon of gold in the Piazza and decided to lead the armament.

Venice and its Story |Thomas Okey

gonfalon

/ (ˈɡɒnfələn) /

a banner hanging from a crossbar, used esp by certain medieval Italian republics or in ecclesiastical processions

a battle flag suspended crosswise on a staff, usually having a serrated edge to give the appearance of streamers

C16: from Old Italian gonfalone, from Old French gonfalon, of Germanic origin; compare Old English gūthfana war banner, Old Norse gunnfani