ancré

American

[ang-krey] / ˈæŋ kreɪ /

adjective

Heraldry.

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

a cross ancré.

< French, equivalent to anchre anchor + -é (< Latin -ātus -ate ¹ )

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