fetterlock
Britishnoun
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A fetterlock and shacklebolt azure," said Ivanhoe; "I know not who may bear the device, but well I ween it might now be mine own.
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
The decoration of the eastern arch capitals consists of the badges of the Percy family—the crescent and fetterlock.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King
But I shall doubtless find some English person of whom to make inquiries, since the confounded fetterlock clapped on my movements by old Griffiths, prevents me repairing to England in person.
From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir
Then the Locards added to their armorial bearings a heart within a fetterlock, and took the name of Lockhart.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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