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单词 sentrie
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sentrien.

Forms: late Middle English sentre, late Middle English senttre, 1600s 1800s sentrie.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: centre n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific sense development of centre n.1 (perhaps reflecting an apprehension of the heraldic charge as a stylized depiction of the peg in the centre of a tent, although quot. 1486 does not specify this); perhaps also compare ancient Greek κέντρον goad, peg (see centre n.1).In form sentrie apparently by confusion with sentry adj.
Heraldry. Obsolete.
= pile n.1 4.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > figure like arrowhead pointed downwards
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1486 Coote Armuris sig. bivv, in Bk. St. Albans A Sentre in armys is callid stakar of tentis [perhaps = a tent-stake].
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iii. 25/1 The Pile hath anciently been called a Sentrie, that is a stick for a Tent, or for any other kind of work.
1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 114/1 Sentrie, an old term for Piles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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