sarcele

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A form of sarcelly — Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.

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Meanings

adjectivesarcele (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of sarcelly, sarcelé (“(of a cross:) having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around; (of a cross:) voided and with the ends left open”).

    1572 Bossewell Armorie II. 25 b, Gules, on a Crosse Sarcele D'or, fiue mollettes of the firste.

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    The fielde Or, a cross Sarcele Geules.

    1562 Legh Armory 59

    Sarcele Cross [=infra 14 Recercile].

    1661, Morgan, Sphere of Gentry, II. 9

    Cross sarcele, sarcell, or sarcelle, is a cross voided, or, as it were, sawed apart.

    1828-40, Berry, Encycl. Her. I

    Gu. a cross sarcele ar.

    1904, Roger Dodsworth, Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631, page 103

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rescaleElsecar
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