Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In heraldry, a bearing rep resenting a woodmen's bill for lopping fagots, etc.
Examples
“Besides the arms that have been already mentioned, each man is furnished with a large pole-ax, resembling a wood-bill, except that it has a straight edge, and is much heavier: This, in the hands of people who have courage to come to close quarters with an enemy, must be a dreadful weapon; and we were told that they were so dexterous with their lances, that at the distance of sixty feet they would throw them with such exactness as to pierce a man's heart, and such force as to go quite through his body.”
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
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List of Heraldry Terms
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Wordplayer This word is possibly the only time that you'll see the words loping and fagot in the same sentence..besides bilby's example below. Oct 6, 2011
bilby Bill resents having his faggots lopped. Is that it? Oct 6, 2011
hernesheir A heraldic term. See billhook. Dec 6, 2010