ENGRAILED
Adjective
engrailed (not comparable)
(heraldry) having an edge or border indented with semicircles with points outwards. Usually the saltire and the dexter edge of the border of the shield both have cuts along their entire length the shape of crescent moons.
Noun
engrailed (plural engraileds)
A European moth, Ectropis crepuscularia.
Anagrams
• Geraldine, dregealin, realigned, redealing, releading
Source: Wiktionary
En*grailed", a. (Her.)
Definition: Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.
ENGRAIL
En*grail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrailing.] Etym: [F. engrêler; pref. en- (L. in) + grêle hail. See Grail gravel.]
1. To variegate or spot, as with hail. A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues. Chapman.
2. (Her.)
Definition: To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
En*grail", v. i.
Definition: To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines. Parnell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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