Etymology

kleestengel

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Today it means: One of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird, terminating in a trefoil, chiefly in German heraldry. Full definition →

German Kleestengel
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  1. German · borrowed fromKleestengel
  2. English todaykleestengel

From older German Kleestengel (since 1996 now spelled Kleestängel).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.