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crosslet Definition

cross·let (-lit)

noun

Heraldry a small cross

Etymology: ME crosselet < Anglo-Fr croiselete, dim. of OFr crois: see cross

crosslet Usage Examples

Preposition: in

face: A deep crenelated wallhead stage is delineated by a blocked cornice with blind crosslet in each face.

Modifies a noun

  • fitchee: Ardern of Hawarden al's Harden Gules, three crosses crosslet fitchee Or, a chief of the second.
  • loop: Crosslet loops were also uncovered in 1982 at Monymusk House in Aberdeenshire ( NGR: NJ 688 155 ).
  • fitchee: The buck has become a stag, and the cross crosslet fitchée and the mullets are silver instead of gold.
  • gules: Wife's shield: Argent, a cross voided between four crosslets fitchee gules, BILLING.

Noun used with modifier

cross: The lower sinister, a lion rampant between nine cross crosslets.