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• moline
  moline

  adjective

  (of a cross) having arms of equal length, split and curved back at the ends, used especially as the cadency mark of an eighth son.
• Moline
  Moline

  noun

  a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.

moline

¹ American  

[moh-lin, moh-lahyn] / ˈmoʊ lɪn, moʊˈlaɪn /

adjective

Heraldry.

1. (of a cross) having arms of equal length, split and curved back at the ends, used especially as the cadency mark of an eighth son.

   a cross moline.

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Moline ² American  

[moh-leen] / moʊˈlin /

noun

1. a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.

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moline British  

/ məˈlaɪn /

adjective

1. heraldry (of a cross) having arms of equal length, forked and curved back at the ends

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Etymology

Origin of moline

1555–65; < Anglo-French *moliné, equivalent to molin mill ¹ + -é < Latin -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The Cross Moline, represented charged upon the Shield attributed to the Saxon Kings of England, No. 23: this 56 same shield—Az., a Cross moline or, is borne by De Molines or Molyneux, No. 97.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

This "bears what heralds call a cross anchor�e, or a cross moline, with a motto, Tant que je puis."

From Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

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

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 "cross recercel�" resembles the cross moline, but with its floriations more expanded.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)