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inclave

inclave adjective: resembling a series of dovetails; said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary. Also the misspelling of enclave.

Adjective

inclave (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a series of dovetails; said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.
    • Per Fess, (or party per Fess) Pattee, (or Inclave) Argent and Azure. […] Gules, a Chief ingrail'd, Or. Tho' this Line is form'd after the Manner of the invecked, yet it very much differs therefrom, because […]1735, Francis Nichols, The British Compendium: Or, Rudiments of Honour ..., page 23
    • PLATE VII. CHIEFS. Fig. 1 Chief, the base masoned. […] 7 With one embattlement. 8 Inclave. 9 Arched. In base a Point impaled.1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia heraldica, or Complete dictionary of heraldry: Reference to the plates

Also used as

inclave is also the misspelling of enclave.

Forms of inclave

pluralinclaves

Origin of inclave

See inclavated.

Questions about inclave

What does inclave mean?
Inclave means resembling a series of dovetails; said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.
What part of speech is inclave?
Inclave is an adjective.

Words near inclave in the dictionary

  1. inclasp
  2. inclasped
  3. inclasping
  4. inclasps
  5. inclavated
  6. inclave
  7. incld
  8. incld.
  9. incle
  10. inclearing
  11. inclearings

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