crosslet

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UK/ˈkɹɒslət/

noun

A small cross with crossed arms.

OriginMiddle English crosselet ← Anglo-Norman croiselette →
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Meanings

nouncrosslet (plural crosslets)

plural crosslets

  1. governmentA small cross with crossed arms.

    Then Vna gan to aske, if ought he knew, / Or heard abroad of that her champion trew, / That in his armour bare a croslet red.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normancroiselette
  2. Middle Englishcrosselet
  3. Englishcrosslet

From Middle English crosselet, from Anglo-Norman croiselette; alternatively, cross + -let.

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