sarcellée

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

adjectivesarcellée (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of sarcelly.

    In base, a shield of arms : a cross sarcellée.

    1892, W.G. de Birch, Catalogue of seals in the department of manuscripts in the British Museum, →ISBN, page 218
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    Carlisle, viz. az. a cross, sarcellée, of four, ar. and sa. four lions, rampant, counor, betw. four[…]

    1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry

    Quarterly gules and sable, a cross sarcellée quarterly or and ermines, on a chief of the third a rose-en-soleil between two pelicans of the first.

    1873, Henry Sydney Grazebrook, The Heraldry of Worcestershire, page 63

    Oval : a shield of arms : party per pale ; dex. quarterly; 1, 4, a cross sarcellée; 2, 3, an eagle displayed;

    1898, British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, page 460

    Willoughby : Quarterly; one and four, sab. a crosse ingrailed or; two and three, gules a crosse sarcellée arg.

    1900, Somerset Record Society, page 167

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sarcelled
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