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sarcelly en · ADJ

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cercelé, recercelé ("curly, curled"), from Old French cercelé (compare cerceau (“hoop”)). Attested since at least 1500.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a cross) Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.
   • Ermine, a cross sarcelly sable - GODARD, Chester. Azure, crusilly a cross sarcelly disjoined or - KNOWLES, Earl of Banbury, ob. 1632. Argent, crusily gules a cross sarcelly sable - RALEIGH. 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 178:
   • […] ar. a bend, sarcelly, gu. betw. eight couped, ar. attired or. crosses, formée, sa. 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry: Dictionary of Arms:
   • Gules, a cross sarcelly ermine. 1897, W. K. R. Bedford, Blazon Episc. (ed. 2) 217
   • Az. billetty and a cross sarcelly arg. John MORYS, Y. Az. a cross sarcelly pierced arg. MELTON, Aston, co. York. […] Az. a cross anchory or. BEAURAIN. […] Vert a cross sarcelly indented az. betw. three crosses croslet fitchy or. EYMORE. 1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, pages 609, 638:

Forms

Translations (2)

fr recercelée (Translations) · fr cercelée (Translations)