invected

American  

[in-vek-tid] / ɪnˈvɛk tɪd /

adjective

Heraldry.

1. noting an edge of a charge, as an ordinary, consisting of a series of small convex curves.

2. (of a charge, as an ordinary) having such an edge.

   a chevron invected.

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Etymology

Origin of invected

1635–45; < Latin invect ( us ) driven into ( see invective) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The border of each compartment is formed by a double invected pattern of gold and enamel.

From Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by Fisher, A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh)

The word invecked or invected is sometimes applied by old-fashioned heraldic pedants to engrailed lines; later pedants have given it to a line found in modern grants of arms, an engrailed line reversed.

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

Argent, a bend gules, invected between two hurts.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

Any ordinary drawn with this line is called invected.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous