Gonfalon
Gonfalon , noun
[Old English gonfanoun, Old French gonfanon, French gonfalon, the same word as French confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, from Old High German gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to Anglo-Saxon gūe) + fano cloth, flag; akin to English vane; compare Anglo-Saxon gūefana. See Vane, and compare Confalon.]
1.
The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediaval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.
2.
A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.
Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air.
Also: Gonfanon