Words I Learned From Reading David Foster Wallace

gonfalon (n.) – a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails

“More than a few large homes around Franklin Park or out on the east side even have enormous multistory flags hanging gonfalon-style down over their facades.”

Wallace, David Foster. “The View From Mrs. Thompson’s.” Consider the Lobster. New York: Back Bay Books, 2007. p 129.