ENFILED

Etymology

Adjective

enfiled (not comparable)

(heraldry) Having some object, such as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it.

Usage notes

• The piercing element is said to be "enfiled of" the thing that it pierces.

Anagrams

• Enfield, Fielden, fielden, lifened, line fed

Source: Wiktionary


En*filed", p. a. Etym: [F. enfiler to pierce, thread.] (Her.)

Definition: Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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