| 释义 |
crosslet
I. crosslet noun
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Etymology: Middle English crosselette, from Old French croisol lamp (from — assumed — Vulgar Latin croceolus, diminutive of a word of Germanic origin) + Middle English -ette; akin to Old Norse krōkr hook — more at crook
obsolete : crucible
II. cross·let \ˈkrȯslə̇t also -räs-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English croslette, from cros cross + -lette -let
1.
a. heraldry : a small cross originally of no fixed shape but in the late medieval period usually botonée as also in the 20th century in the work of some artists but since the 16th century usually in the form of a Greek cross with a crossbar near the end of each arm — called also cross-crosslet
b. : a Greek cross with a crossbar near the end of each arm used in architecture or design or as an ornament
2. : a small cross used as an ornament
3. : a small cross sometimes found attached to a letter or figure (as the right end of the horizontal stroke of the figure 4 in the date) on any of various issues of coins |