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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

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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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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 J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester

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 George Bell

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 R. B. Utting

I was en route to the airport in Moline, Ill., nearly three decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

She was previously married to actor Matt Moline from 2001 to 2006, but their marriage was dissolved after Griffin accused Moline of taking money from her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

The son of a welder, Sundquist was born March 15, 1936, in Moline, Ill.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

Dempsey and their partners settled on Moline, Illinois, as the place to move.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023

"The superintendent at Moline had to write the superintendent here."

From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser