| 单词 | middle chief point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddle chief point middle chief n. Heraldry = centre chief n. at centre n.1 and adj. Compounds 3; earliest and more fully in middle chief point. ΚΠ 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. viii. 30 The Superior Sinister Point is placed nere the Left Angle of the Cheefe, in opposition to the Dexter Cheefe; whereunto, as also to the Middle Cheefe Point. 1660 M. Carter Honor Rediviuus 131 The Pile..hath divers ways of bearing, and is free to any place of the field; but its property is to issue from the middle chief. 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) 276 There are nine principal Points in any Escutcheon... A...the Dexter Chief. B. the..Middle Chief. C. the Sinister Chief. D. the Honour Point. E. the Fesse Point, call'd also the Center [etc]. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry vi. 30 The Pile..a wedge in form, generally issues from the Middle Chief. 1916 Utah Geneal. & Hist. Mag. July 152 The dexter chief point is the upper right hand corner, the sinister chief point is opposite, and the spot half way between is the middle chief point. 1961 C. T. Eisler New Eng. Museums 41 The arms in Panel 2. Parti per pale, sable a lion or, gules, three quatrefoils argent, seeded gules, in middle chief an estoile argent. < as lemmas |
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