Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GON'FA-LON, or GON'FA-NON, n. [gonfanon, Chaucer; Fr. gonfalon; Sax. guth-fana, war-flag, composed of guth, war, Ir. cath or cad, W. cad, and Sax. fana, Goth. fana, L. pannus, cloth; in Sax. a flag.]

An ensign or standard; colors. [Obs.] Milton.