crosslet
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of crosslet
First recorded in 1350–1400, crosslet is from the Middle English word croslet. See cross, -let
Example Sentences
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From her breast she took the crosslet, Drew the rings from off her fingers, From her neck the beaded necklace, From her head the scarlet ribands.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby
Second and third, sable, a cross crosslet, ermine.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell
His right hand high the crosslet bore, His left the pole-ax grasped, to guidenote And stay his footing in the tide.
From Lady of the Lake by William Vaughn Moody
Scott of Congerhurst in Kent bore “Silver a crosslet fitchy sable.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Sir John de Arderne at the tournament at Stepney, 2 Edward II., in the retinue of the Earl of Lancaster, bore "Gules, 10 crosses crosslet, and a chief or."
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
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