en soleil

American

[ahn saw-ley] / ɑn sɔˈleɪ /

adjective

Heraldry.

(of a charge) surrounded by rays, as of the sun.

a white rose en soleil.

Etymology

Origin of en soleil

< French: literally, in (the form of the) sun

Example Sentences

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Henry VII. brought back the collar of Esses, a portcullis or a rose hanging from it, although in a portrait of this king, now possessed by the Society of Antiquaries, his neck bears the rose en soleil alternating with knots, and his son, when young, had a collar of roses red and white.

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The rose en soleil that wrought us so much evil at Mortimer’s Cross?

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