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ancré

[ang-krey]

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adjective Heraldry. (of a cross)

having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline: a cross ancré.

Origin of ancré

< French, equivalent to anchre anchor + -é (< Latin -ātus -ate¹)

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Examples from the Web for ancre

Historical Examples of ancre

The trees in the Ancre River Valley made all that 43marshy meadow like a forest.
The Old Front Line
John Masefield
The difference between the nun and the ancre is made clear by these passages.
Woman under Monasticism
Lina Eckenstein
Before night they were ordered to take their stand on the old Ancre defences.
A Short History of the Great War
A. F. Pollard
They expected the greatest weight to be felt towards the Ancre.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia
Various
North of the Ancre an enemy transport was successfully engaged.
America's War for Humanity
Thomas Herbert Russell