Pendant

(pèn'dant.) [From L. pendens, suspended.] (Arch.) In Gothic buildings, an ornamented polygonal piece of stone or timber, hanging down from a vault or the roof of a building (Fig. 523). The name is also sometimes given to the springers P of arches which rest on shafts or corbels.--(Naut.) Fig. 523. SECTION OF A ROOF (Otherwise writ-SHOWING A PENDANT. ten PENNANT.) A long narrow flag or streamer dis played from a ship's masthead, and usually term in at ing in two points, like the tail of a swallow. It is carried as a sign that the ship is in active service. [s. 694] IMG:p0739_0.jpg:Gravür