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nebulé, nebuly, a.|ˈnɛbjuːleɪ, ˈnɛbjuːlɪ| Also 7 -ee, 9 -ée. [a. F. nébulé, ad. med.L. nebulāt-us: see nebulate v.] 1. Her. Of a wavy or serpentine form, like the edges given to conventional representations of clouds; represented in the form of a cloud.
a1550in Baring-Gould & Twigge W. Armory (1898) 5 Blount: Barry nebule or and sables. 1562Leigh Armorie 135 He beareth party per Pale, Nebule Ermines and Ermin. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. iii. (1660) 54 Of these [lines] some are Nebulee. 1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2) s.v., Nebule of six pieces, Or and Sable is the Blounts Arms. 1725Lond. Gaz. 6363/3 The Coat a Fess Nebule between six Flowers-de-Lis. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 141/2 Of crooked lines there are eight recognised by English heralds, namely:—1. Engrailed... 5. Nebuly. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xv. (ed. 3) 217 Two bendlets nebulée sa. 1893Cussans Heraldry (ed. 4) 47 The lines by which a shield is divided..may assume any of the following forms: Engrailed... Nebulé. 2. Arch. Of mouldings: (see nebule2).
1842Gwilt Archit. 1008 Nebuly Moulding, an ornament in Norman architecture, whose edge forms an undulating or wavy line. 1861Neale Notes Dalmatia vi. 99 A nebuly moulding running round the cornice. |