engrailed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of engrailed
First recorded in 1350–1400, engrailed is from the Middle English word engrelede. See engrail, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Bends follow the same fashion, early bends engrailed or indented being some four or more fusils joined bendwise by their blunt sides, bends of less than four fusils being very rare.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
A cross, engrailed or indented, the words being used indifferently, is a cross so deeply notched at the edges that it seems made up of so many lozenge-shaped wedges or fusils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Ralegh bore “Gules a bend indented, or engrailed, silver.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
No. 112, for Radclyffe, is—Arg., a bend engrailed sa.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
Thus the engrailed cross of the Mohuns takes either of the two forms which we illustrate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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