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enté en point en · ADJ

Etymology

From French [Term?], compare Spanish entado en punta.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Impaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling.
   • Paling Sicily; the whole enté en point of Granada. He bore the full arms of Lalain, […] 1884, Notes and Queries, page 202:
   • Brunswick and Lunenburgh impaled with Saxony, ente-en-point, that is, grafted in point. 1788, Hugh Clark, A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, etc. (The fifth edition, with considerable improvements.), page 133:

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