moline

¹

[ moh-lin, moh-lahyn ]

adjective

, Heraldry.

1. (of a cross) having arms of equal length, split and curved back at the ends, used especially as the cadency mark of an eighth son:

   a cross moline.

Moline

²

[ moh-leen ]

noun

1. a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.

moline

/ məˈlaɪn /

adjective

1. heraldry (of a cross) having arms of equal length, forked and curved back at the ends

Word History and Origins

Origin of moline¹

1555–65; < Anglo-French *moliné, equivalent to molin mill ¹ + -é < Latin -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of moline¹

C16: probably from Anglo-French moliné, from molin mill ¹, referring to the arms curved back like the ends of a mill-rind

Example Sentences

Moline stood up, pulled up his shirt, stuck the .22 under his belt and said, "Get the door, bro."

From The Daily Beast

Moline looked at the front door, then asked, "Why you running Jasmine down my street?"

From The Daily Beast

Moline bent over him, "Next time, we ain't playing no pattycake."

From The Daily Beast

Her father had come from Moline, Illinois, to take a position as manager of a new pulley manufactory which was just starting.

From Project Gutenberg

The Mill-rind or Fer-de-moline is, of course, as its name implies, the iron from the centre of a grindstone.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of them I also served afterwards on the way to Moline and Minnesota.

From Project Gutenberg

The "cross moline" is so named from resemblance to the moline, or crossed iron, in the center of the upper millstone.

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The "cross recercel" resembles the cross moline, but with its floriations more expanded.

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