pencel/ˈpɛnsəl/EtymologyFrom Anglo-Norman pencel, reduced form of penuncel. See pennoncel. By surface analysis, pen + Old French -cel.nounA small pennon; a little banner, flag, or streamer.“[…] forty trumpet banners of sarsenet; seven hundred and forty pensills; three hundred and fifty pensills of tarter; four standards of sarsenet with boars; […]”A lady's favour or token as worn by a knight.A knight carrying a pennon.