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kleestengel

kleestengel noun: one of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird, terminating in a trefoil, chiefly in German heraldry.

kleestengel: one of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird,...
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Noun

kleestengel (plural kleestengel)

  1. (rare) One of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird, terminating in a trefoil, chiefly in German heraldry.
    • Gules an eagle argent with "Kleestengel" and a crescent sable on its breast, armed and membered or1987, Madeline Harrison Caviness, Stained Glass Before 1700 in American Collections: Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern Seaboard States
    • Argent, an eagle or [for gules], with 'Kleestengel' or (Margrave of Brandenburg) (ibid., p. 12, pl. 12). Technique : The Überlingen heraldic window is a technical masterpiece. The lion, mantling and escutcheon were made with red flashed glass[…]2001, Virginia Chieffo Raguin, Helen Jackson Zakin, Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Stained Glass Before 1700 in the Collections of the Midwest States: Michigan, Ohio

Forms of kleestengel

pluralkleestengel

Origin of kleestengel

From older German Kleestengel (since 1996 now spelled Kleestängel).

Questions about kleestengel

What does kleestengel mean?
Kleestengel means one of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird, terminating in a trefoil, chiefly in German heraldry.
What part of speech is kleestengel?
Kleestengel is a noun.
What is the plural of kleestengel?
The plural of kleestengel is kleestengel.

Words near kleestengel in the dictionary

  1. kleenices
  2. Klees
  3. Kleeschulte
  4. Kleeschultes
  5. Kleeses
  6. kleestengel
  7. Kleffner
  8. Kleffners
  9. kleft
  10. kleftiko
  11. klefts

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