单词 | spread eaglet |
释义 | † spread eagletn. Obsolete. A heraldic spread eagle. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds eaglec1380 swana1400 phoenix?a1425 pelicana1430 ravena1450 merlette1451 popinjayc1460 eagletc1494 merliona1500 martletc1519 merlion?a1549 spread eagle1550 meropie1572 spread eaglet1602 alerion1625 liver1668 shoveller1780 eagle in her majesty?1828 double eagle1861 hirondelle1880 pelican in her piety1885 1602 J. Beaumont Metamorph. Tabacco sig. Divv Tabacco had been richer armorie, Then Lions, Crosses, or spread Eaglets be. 1677 R. Thoroton Antiq. Notts. 499/2 A Fesse between three Spread-Eaglets, with a Crest, viz. a Dog tyed to a Tree. 1820 T. Harwood Erdeswicke's Surv. Staffs. (new ed.) 378 Arms of Colclough: Argent, five spread eaglets crossways Or. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1850) 4th Ser. 399/1 Alerion, an invention in heraldry of the French to insult the empire,—a spread eaglet without beak or feet. 1884 Sunday at Home 29 Nov. 763 (caption) Her dress is..ornamented with the armorial bearings of both houses: the white eagle of the Chatillons and the sixteen spread-eaglets of the Montmorencies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1602 |
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