mascle
/ˈmɑːsk(ə)l
/noun Heraldry
A charge in the form of a lozenge with a central lozenge-shaped opening through which the field appears.He has on the back of his stone a shield with nine rows of chequers; over the top of the shield is a mascle between two keys fesswise, bits inwards and downwards....
- A woman whose marriage has been dissolved bears on a lozenge her paternal arms, charged for the purpose of distinction with a mascle.
- The term mascle is from Latin ‘maculus’ meaning ‘spot,’ which in this context means a mesh in chain-mail.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Anglo-Latin mascula 'mesh'.
Rhymes
- parasitic bronchitis
- parasitic cone
- parasitic DNA
- parasitic drag
- parasitic fold
- parasitic gastritis
- parasitic gastroenteritis
- parasiticidal
- parasiticide
- parasitic oscillation
- parasitic twin
- parasitise
- parasitism
- parasitization
- parasitize
- parasitoid
- parasitological
- parasitologically
- parasitologist
- parasitology
- parasitophorous
- parasitopolis
- para-ski
- para-skier
- para-skiing