mascle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mascle
1300–50; Middle English, derivative of mask (now dial.), variant of mesh; see -le
Example Sentences
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The mascle is in the shape of a lozenge but perforated through its whole extent except a narrow border.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
The mascle is taken for the mesh of a net.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Parted per pale, baron and femme, three coats;—first, gules, on a bend azure, three trefoils vert: second, parted per fess, in chief azure, a mascle or, with a label argent for difference.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
The fret is formed by two lines interlaced in saltier with a mascle.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
A mascle pierced with a circular opening: No. 144.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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