sarcelled

Meanings

adjectivesarcelled (not comparable)

not comparablegovernmentSarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline).
Cross, quarterly, quartered, couped, ends sarcelled and reverted.
1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 9
not comparablegovernmentCut through the middle, or voided with the ends left open (unconnected).
1828-40, Berry, Encycl. Her. I" Cross pattée sarcelled at bottom in the form of a ᴧ reversed.
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Cross moline sarcelled, or voided throughout, cross recercelée, or recersile, or recercelée voided or disjoined, which has also been called a cross fleury biparted. This is borne by the names of Knollys, or Knowles, and Verney. Gules, a cross moline sarcelled argent. BEC. […]
1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 101
Synonyms: sarcelé, sarcellée

adjectiveCut through the middle, or voided with the ends left open (unconnected).

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From Old French cercel, from Latin circellus, diminutive of circulus (“circle”).

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