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gironny

/ dʒaɪˈrɒnɪ /

adjective

  1. (usually postpositive) heraldry divided into segments from the fesse point

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Gironny, or gyronny, is a manner of dividing the field into sections, by lines radiating from a centre point, of which many instances may be given.

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Bassingbourne bore “Gironny of gold and azure of twelve pieces.”

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William Stoker, who died Lord Mayor of London in 1484, bore “Gironny of six pieces azure and silver with three popinjays in the silver pieces.”

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