Engrailed Definition

ĕn-grāld
adjective
Indented along the edge with small curves.
American Heritage
Having an edge or a margin formed by a series of raised dots.
Engrailed silver coins.
American Heritage
noun

A European moth, Ectropis crepuscularia.

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Other Word Forms of Engrailed

Noun

Singular:
engrailed
Plural:
engraileds

Origin of Engrailed

  • Middle English engreled from Old French engresle bordered by fine toothlike projections with rounded hollows between them (used of heraldic charges) from past participle of engresler to make thin en- causative pref. en–1 gresle slender, tapered (from Latin gracilis)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Engrailed Sentence Examples

  • The most striking effect now lies in its engrailed arches.

  • The original Bradford shield featured a red and blue per pale field bearing an engrailed gold chevron between three hunting horns.

  • Upon the roof of the aisles is the engrailed cross of the founders, St. Clairs, once hereditary Grand Masters of Scotch Masonry.

  • Argent, a cross engrailed gules, between four water bougets sable.

  • His wife wears a mantle ornamented with the Verney arms and an engrailed saltire.

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Words Starting With

EENENG

Words Ending With

DEDLED

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Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With E9 Letter Words Ending With D