furché

A form of fourche — Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.

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Meanings

adjectivefurché (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableArchaic form of fourche (“forked”).

    Gules, a lion rampant queue-furché argent , on the shoulder a mullet sable; […]

    1832, James Dallaway, A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex: Including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the City and Diocese of Chichester, page 237
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    Sable, a lion rampant queu furché, or, a label of three points, argent. (See Plate III.) These arms were granted to Thomas Kinge, Alderman of Coventry, 26th December, 1683, […]

    1910, George Austin Morrison, The "King" Family Heraldry: A Brief History of the Origin of the Families of this Name in Old and New England Entitled to Bear Coat-armor, page 19
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APA

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