pheon

American

[fee-on] / ˈfi ɒn /

noun

Heraldry.

a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.

Etymology

Origin of pheon

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

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pheon

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

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

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