bandrol

plural bandrols

1. archaicArchaic form of banderole.

   Some of them, like the pensils and bandrols, were used in funeral processions. As might be expected from their constant exposure to the weather and the chances of battle, but few old flags have come down to [us].

   1900, James Balfour Paul, Heraldry in Relation to Scottish History and Art: Being the Rhind Lectures on Archaeology for 1898, page 132

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   Yeomen of the guard bearing halberds, trumpeters sounding loud flourishes, bea ers of standards, banners, guidons, pennons, pensils, and bandrols, heralds in coats of arms, pursuivants of arms and marshals of arms with[…]

   1861, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 105

   The Crest Mantling and other accessories being out of place upon it, nevertheless it is not uncommon to see these, as well as their arms, painted upon the Banners, or rather Bandrols, of High Sheriffs at the reception[…]

   1889, Charles Worthy, Practical Heraldry: Or, an Epitome of English Armory, Showing how and by Whom Arms May be Borne Or Acquired, how Pedigrees May be Traced Or Family Histories Ascertained, London, George Redway, page 220