goutte en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡuːt/
Etymology
From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta.
Meanings
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A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.
Per fesse nebuly chequy azure and or, each of the last charged with a goutte of the first, and sable, in base five estoiles, four and one of the second, all within a bordure argent, charged with eight crosses couped gules.
1915, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms: A Complete Encyclopædia of All Royal, Territorial, Municipal, Corporate, Official, and Impersonal Arms, London : T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 832:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gouttes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
and in English […] · James Parker · or gutty · gouté. They may be of various tinctures · on a lion rampant argent gouttes purpure · 1894 · Henry Gough · Essex. The more frequent form is gutté · page 291:Azure · goutty
Translations (5)
fr goutte (heraldic charge) · ca gota (heraldic charge) · sv droppe (heraldic charge) · es gota (heraldic charge) · it goccia (heraldic charge)