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lampassé

lampassé adjective: langued.

Adjective

lampassé (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Langued.
    • […] Quarterly, 1, or, upon a rock proper an eagle in profille, proper, lampassé, gules; in his right claw a bunch of six arrows [...] Between wings, alternately or and azure, a stag's head proper, with antlers of yen, lampassé gules. Lambrequins : Azure and or.1903, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day...
    • ... the said James Smith haue thought fitt to declare and Assigne vnto him such armes as are herevnder mencõned (Viz) Azure a lyon Rampant or Armed and Lampasse Gules on a Cheiff Argent a Mullett of the third between two Torteuxes and[…]1908, William Harry Rylands, The Four Visitations of Berkshire Made and Taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux, Anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarenceux, Anno 1566; by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald...

Origin of lampassé

Borrowed from French lampassé.

Questions about lampassé

What does lampassé mean?
Lampassé means langued.
What part of speech is lampassé?
Lampassé is an adjective.

Words near lampassé in the dictionary

  1. Lampasas County
  2. lampases
  3. lampass
  4. lampasse
  5. lampasses
  6. lampassé
  7. lampate
  8. lampates
  9. lampblack
  10. lampblacked
  11. lampblacking

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