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zule

zule noun: one of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein.

zule: one of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick...
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Noun

zule (plural zules)

  1. One of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein.
    • Those of Zulestein, are Gules, three Zules, Or.1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 117
    • ZULE : a chess rook : so called in the coat of ZULEISTEIN (gules, three zules argent, a label of three points of the last,) borne on an escutcheon surtout by the earls of Rochford.1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 330

Forms of zule

pluralzules

Origin of zule

From Dutch zuil(en) (“pillar(s)”).

Questions about zule

What does zule mean?
Zule means one of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein.
What part of speech is zule?
Zule is a noun.
What is the plural of zule?
The plural of zule is zules.

Words near zule in the dictionary

  1. zuktamrurite
  2. Zulauf
  3. Zulaufs
  4. zulbia
  5. zulbiya
  6. zule
  7. Zuleger
  8. Zulegers
  9. Zuleica
  10. Zuleika
  11. Zuleikha

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