Etymology

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Today it means: Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman cercelé ← Old French cercelé
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  1. Old French · derived fromcercelé
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcercelé
  3. English todaysarcelly

From Anglo-Norman cercelé, recercelé ("curly, curled"), from Old French cercelé (compare cerceau (“hoop”)). Attested since at least 1500.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.