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sans nombre

sans nombre prepositional phrase: repeated (as a charge like a billet or a division like paly) many times, covering the field with no set number (of the thing).

Prepositional phrase

  1. Repeated (as a charge like a billet or a division like paly) many times, covering the field with no set number (of the thing).
    • Sixth, de la Plaunche, Argent, a lion rampant, Sable, crowned, Or, round him billets sans nombre, Sable.1812, Arthur Collins, Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, page 376
    • Charles VI. restored to the scutcheon of France the three lilies, first borne by Clovis; the race of Pepin having borne the azure field, semée des fleurs de lys sans nombre, which were also borne by the House of Capet down to 1389.1877, University magazine, The Dublin university magazine, page 442

Examples of sans nombre in a sentence

  • [...] ancient inheritance of his father's family, which were azure, eight lioncels (or perhaps lioncels sans nombre) or.1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 380:
  • Below the rose are the arms of Poitou, golden towers on red, and the old arms of France, azure with fleurs-de-lis sans nombre.1914, Arthur J. de Havilland Bushnell, Storied Windows: A Traveller's Introduction to the Study of Old Church Glass, from the Twelfth...

Origin of sans nombre

From French sans nombre (“numberless”).

Questions about sans nombre

What does sans nombre mean?
Sans nombre means repeated (as a charge like a billet or a division like paly) many times, covering the field with no set number (of the thing).
How do you use sans nombre in a sentence?
[...] ancient inheritance of his father's family, which were azure, eight lioncels (or perhaps lioncels sans nombre) or.
What part of speech is sans nombre?
Sans nombre is a prepositional phrase.

Words near sans nombre in the dictionary

  1. Sanroman
  2. Sanromans
  3. sans
  4. sans doute
  5. sans gêne
  6. sans nombre
  7. sans rival
  8. sans rivals
  9. sans serif
  10. sans serifs
  11. sans souci

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