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enty

enty adjective: parted off chevronwise; (of a charge) enté en point, inserted into a chevronlike partition of the base of the shield.

Adjective

enty (not comparable)

  1. Parted off chevronwise; (of a charge) enté en point, inserted into a chevronlike partition of the base of the shield.
    • Enty : a word adopted but by few writers from the French enté, a graft , and applied to the base of the shield when parted off by a line chevrouwise : written by some heralds ampty. See Point : also Gusset.
    • Argent, on a chief enty [in more recent blazon 'indented'] azure five crosses croslet or—Ralph de Wilshere.1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 230

Questions about enty

What does enty mean?
Enty means parted off chevronwise; (of a charge) enté en point, inserted into a chevronlike partition of the base of the shield.
What part of speech is enty?
Enty is an adjective.

Words near enty in the dictionary

  1. entwisting
  2. Entwistle
  3. Entwistles
  4. entwists
  5. entwite
  6. enty
  7. entypy
  8. entyse
  9. entysed
  10. entyses
  11. entysing

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