gonfanon means A banner with three "tails", typically with the middle one longer than the others, and three loops at the top representing where it would have been attached to a pole. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
GONFANON — [Noun] A heraldic battle flag, characterized by its three tails—the central one longest—and three loops at its head for lashing to a lance. From Old French gonfanon, from Frankish *gundfano, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô, meaning 'battle flag'. Unlike a gonfalon, which hangs inert from a civic crossbar, or a pennon, a knight's swift, tapered personal marker, the gonfanon is the heavy standard built for the brutal clarity of the charge. It is the sodden weight of wool dragging at the lance, the bright, fraying island in a tide of mud and iron, the last fixed point of orientation in the swirling melee—a ragged geometry of allegiance slowly unravelling in the formless chaos of the field.
noun
- A banner with three "tails", typically with the middle one longer than the others, and three loops at the top representing where it would have been attached to a pole.