Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, transfixing and carrying any object, as the head of a man or beast: said of a sword the blade of which transfixes the object.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry Having some object, such as the head of a man or beast,
impaled upon it.
Etymologies
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French enfiler to pierce, thread.
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Examples
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The sensory hair cells in a human ear at 4600x, enfiled in marching crescent-shapes, are almost miraculously uniform.
A World Ready for Its Close-Up Alexander Theroux 2007
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The Badges of the Prince of WALES are two: -- viz. 1, _A plume of three ostrich feathers arg., quilled or, enfiled by a coronet composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys_, with the MOTTO, “ICH
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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