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sarcelly

sarcelly adjective: having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.

sarcelly: having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more...
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Adjective

sarcelly (not comparable)

  1. Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.
    • […] ar. a bend, sarcelly, gu. betw. eight couped, ar. attired or. crosses, formée, sa.1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry: Dictionary of Arms
    • Az. billetty and a cross sarcelly arg. John MORYS, Y. Az. a cross sarcelly pierced arg. MELTON, Aston, co. York. […] Az. a cross anchory or. BEAURAIN. […] Vert a cross sarcelly indented az. betw. three crosses croslet fitchy or. EYMORE.1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, pages 609, 638

Forms of sarcelly

alternative formrecercelée
alternative formcercelée
alternative formsarcele
alternative formrecercelé
alternative formcercelé
alternative formcercellé
alternative formcercellée
alternative formrecercellé
alternative formrecercellée
alternative formsarcellée
alternative formcercelly
alternative formsarcelé
alternative formsarcelée
alternative formsarcelie

Origin of sarcelly

From Anglo-Norman cercelé, recercelé ("curly, curled"), from Old French cercelé (compare cerceau (“hoop”)). Attested since at least 1500.

Questions about sarcelly

What does sarcelly mean?
Sarcelly means having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.
What part of speech is sarcelly?
Sarcelly is an adjective.

Words near sarcelly in the dictionary

  1. sarcele
  2. sarcelie
  3. sarcelle
  4. sarcelled
  5. sarcelles
  6. sarcelly
  7. sarcellée
  8. sarcels
  9. sarcelé
  10. sarcelée
  11. Sarcen

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