fetterlock

/ ˈfɛtəˌlɒk /

noun

The decoration of the eastern arch capitals consists of the badges of the Percy family—the crescent and fetterlock.

This is simply a popular rendering of the Falcon and the Fetterlock, one of the badges of the house of York.

Thus parted that fair fellowship; and He of the Fetterlock, mounting upon his strong war-horse, rode off through the forest.

Hence the name of Lockhart, and their effigy, the Heart within a Fetterlock.

Then the Locards added to their armorial bearings a heart within a fetterlock, and took the name of Lockhart.

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