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.
Browse dictionary entries near crosslet
- ‹ crossing-over
- ‹ crossing guard
- ‹ crossing
- ‹ crosshead
- ‹ crosshatch
- ‹ crossfire
- ‹ crosse
- ‹ crosscut saw
- ‹ crosscut
- ‹ crosscurrent
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- crosstalk ›
- crosstie ›
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