enté en point

adjective

Impaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling.

OriginFrench [Term?] →
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Meanings

adjectiveenté en point (not comparable)

alternative enté in point · alternative enty in point · alternative enté en pointe

  1. not comparablegovernmentImpaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling.

    Brunswick and Lunenburgh impaled with Saxony, ente-en-point, that is, grafted in point.

    1788, Hugh Clark, A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, etc. (The fifth edition, with considerable improvements.), page 133
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    Paling Sicily; the whole enté en point of Granada. He bore the full arms of Lalain, […]

    1884, Notes and Queries, page 202

Origin

  1. French[Term?]
  2. Englishenté en point

From French [Term?], compare Spanish entado en punta.

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enté en point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ent%C3%A9%20en%20point

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Chicago

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