| 单词 | queue fourché |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueue fourché(e) 3. Heraldry. The tail of a beast. Chiefly in queue fourché(e): having a forked or double tail; double queued. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > parts of creatures > tail queue1592 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 41 Gold ramping Lion queue doth forked hold. 1774 W. Gostling Walk Canterbury 223 (note) The first quarter is, a lion rampant queue forchee gules crowned proper. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xiv. 164 The lion of Gueldres is also queue fourchée. 1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 28 A lion with its tail between its legs is said to be coward; when furnished with two tails, queue fourchée. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide to Heraldry 201 (Gloss.) Forchee or forchy, forked; normally this occurs as queue forchee, forked tail. 1992 D. H. B. Chesshyre et al. Dict. Brit. Arms I. 173/2 Lion queue fourchy. Demi-lion queue fourchy. < as lemmas |
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