n. [ OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baneria, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n. ]
Hang out our banners on the outward walls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Banner fish (Zool.),
a. Furnished with, or bearing, banners. “A bannered host.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.[ OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See Banner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The usual mode of conferring the rank on the field of battle was by cutting or tearing off the point of the pennon or pointed flag on the spear of the candidate, thereby making it a banner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole. [ 1913 Webster ]