inclave

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adjective

Resembling a series of dovetails; said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.

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Meanings

adjectiveinclave (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentResembling a series of dovetails; said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.

    PLATE VII. CHIEFS. Fig. 1 Chief, the base masoned. […] 7 With one embattlement. 8 Inclave. 9 Arched. In base a Point impaled.

    1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia heraldica, or Complete dictionary of heraldry: Reference to the plates
    1 more example

    Per Fess, (or party per Fess) Pattee, (or Inclave) Argent and Azure. […] Gules, a Chief ingrail'd, Or. Tho' this Line is form'd after the Manner of the invecked, yet it very much differs therefrom, because […]

    1735, Francis Nichols, The British Compendium: Or, Rudiments of Honour ..., page 23
nouninclave (plural inclaves)

plural inclaves

  1. misspellingMisspelling of enclave.

Origin

See inclavated.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Calvine
Cite this entry
APA

inclave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inclave

MLA

“inclave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inclave. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inclave,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inclave.

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