crosslet

American  

[kraws-lit, kros-] / ˈkrɔs lɪt, ˈkrɒs- /

noun

1. a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.

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crosslet British  

/ ˈkrɒslɪt /

noun

1. heraldry a cross having a smaller cross near the end of each arm

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Other Word Forms

• crossleted
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of crosslet

First recorded in 1350–1400, crosslet is from the Middle English word croslet. See cross, -let

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

crosslet

Eleanor smiled, but the next moment sighed and drooped her head, while a tear fell on the blue silk with which she was embroidering the crosslet on his pennon.

From The Lances of Lynwood by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Then Roderick, with impatient look, From Brian's hand the symbol took: "Speed, Malise, speed!" he said, and gave 285 The crosslet to his henchman brave.

From Lady of the Lake by William Vaughn Moody

The arms were the three crosses crosslet and a chief or; crest, a double row of ostrich feathers out of a ducal coronet.

From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

Second and third, sable, a cross crosslet, ermine.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell

The crosslet, cross botonny or cross crosletted, is a cross whose limbs, of even breadth, end as trefoils or treble buds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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