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banner rolls

banner rolls is the plural of banner roll.

Meaning of banner roll

Noun

banner roll (plural banner rolls)

  1. A small square flag containing a single escutcheon of the deceased.
    • BANNER ROLL is a small square flag containing a single escutcheon of the deceased. Thus, if there are twelve quarterings in the banner, the same number of banner rolls will be required to be borne in the funeral procession.1846, The manual of heraldry, page 51
  2. A banderole.
    • [...] and every horse having a man on his back in black, and everyone bearing a banner-roll of divers kings' arms, and[…]1967, English Historical Documents: 1485-1558, edited by C. H. Williams

Questions about banner rolls

What is banner rolls the plural of?
Banner rolls is the plural of banner roll.

Words near banner rolls in the dictionary

  1. banner lord
  2. banner lords
  3. banner repeater
  4. banner repeaters
  5. banner roll
  6. banner rolls
  7. banner year
  8. banner years
  9. bannerall
  10. banneralls
  11. bannered

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