nombril

American

[nom-bril] / ˈnɒm brɪl /

noun

Heraldry.

the point in an escutcheon between the middle of the base and the fess point.

nombril British

/ ˈnɒmbrɪl /

noun

heraldry a point on a shield between the fesse point and the lowest point

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Etymology

Origin of nombril

1555–65; < French: literally, navel

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But Nobody, in one of Cummings' descriptions of him, is "Wifeless and only half awake, cursed with pimples, correctly dressed, cleanshaven above the nombril . . . in brief: an American."

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