Meanings
plural shakeforks
- governmentA pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.
CUNYNGHAME of Milneraig and Livingston (L. O., 1775). Argent, a shakefork sable between three fleurs-de-lis azure, one in chief and two in flank.
1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 4031 more example
CUNNINGHAM of GLENGARNOCK, descended of a second Son of Henry Cuninghame of Kilmaures, and his Spouse Riddel Heiress of Glengarnock […] carry Argent, a Shakefork Sable, charged with a Cinque foil of the first: […]
1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 196
Origin
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