1555–65; < Anglo-French *moliné, equivalent to molin mill 1 + -é < Latin -ātus -ate 1
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In Burke's General Armory they are given: "Or, a cross moline gu., a chief dig."
From Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Harcourt, two bars, is dimidiated, and meets Beke, a cross moline or ancr�e.
From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
The "cross moline" is so named from resemblance to the moline, or crossed iron, in the center of the upper millstone.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)
Close behind us is the moline cross of the gallant William Molyneux, and beside it the bloody chevrons of the Norfork Woodhouses, with the amulets of the Musgraves of Westmoreland.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The Baskerville arms—Ar. a chevron gu. between three hurts, impaling, quarterly, one and four, or, a cross moline az, two and three, gu. a chevron ar. between three mallets or—are painted on the panels.
From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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