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Pencel vs Pencell - What's the difference?

pencel | pencell |

As nouns the difference between pencel and pencell

is that pencel is while pencell is a little banner, flag, or streamer.

pencel

English

Alternative forms

* pinsel (chiefly Scottish) * pensill (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
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  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 86:
    • Inside Worcester Cathedral, the coffin was transferred to its hearse, a vast, storeyed, wooden structure, painted black and adorned with heraldic escutcheons, badged pennants or ‘pencels ’, silk standards of St George, banners of the royal arms of England and Spain, and of Arthur's various titles, from Wales to Ponthieu in Normandy.
  • (obsolete) A lady's favour or token as worn by a knight.
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    pencell

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A little banner, flag, or streamer.
  • *1786 : Lances were ornamented with a banderole near the point, which gave them a handsome appearance, these were also called pencells. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 47.