Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circlet or little hoop of iron put round the end of a cane, a knife-handle, and the like; a ferrule; hence, in heraldry, a hoop or ring; one of the rings surrounding a trumpet or horn. Some writers apply it especially to the funnel-shaped opening at the larger end.
- In heraldry, same as
veruled .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A
ring surrounding abugle or huntinghorn .
Etymologies
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French, a ferrule. See ferrule.
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