engrailed

American  

[en-greyld] / ɛnˈgreɪld /

adjective

Heraldry.

1. having an edge of a charge consisting of a number of concave curves.

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Etymology

Origin of engrailed

First recorded in 1350–1400, engrailed is from the Middle English word engrelede. See engrail, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Bends follow the same fashion, early bends engrailed or indented being some four or more fusils joined bendwise by their blunt sides, bends of less than four fusils being very rare.

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

The only difference in the arms is, in both copies, that there is no bordure engrailed; but this has probably been added since as a difference, as was often done to distinguish families.

From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

On a chevron engrailed, two lioncels rampant, between as many crescents.

From Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 by Various

No. 112, for Radclyffe, is—Arg., a bend engrailed sa.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

He was the first of his line that bore for his arms, Or, a chevron gules within a bordure engrailed sable.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton