flectedadj.
/ˈflɛktɪd/ Heraldry.
Bent, bowed. flected and reflected (see quot. 1889).
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embowed1610
flecked1661
flected1688
recurvant1688
vertant1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xviii. 466/1 Two Arms flected, or bowed.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 474/1 Two Heart Leaves Pendant, their Stalks contrary flected and reflected.
1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Flect, Flectant, and Flected, any thing bowed or bent.
1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry Flected and reflected, bowed or bent in contrary directions or turns, in a serpentine form, like the letter S.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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