pheon

[ fee-on ]

noun

, Heraldry.

1. a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pheon¹

First recorded in 1480–90; earlier feon, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

I have before me a coin of Stralsund, minted in the fourteenth century, with the Pheon for the principal type.

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Query, When was the Pheon, which it is supposed to be, first used as an heraldic device?

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Crest, in a mural coronet argent, a pheon sable, with a sprig of laurel issuing therefrom proper.

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The crest was a boar's head erased, azure, langued gules, pierced with a pheon.

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