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Triangular shape in heraldry
Answer for the clue "Triangular shape in heraldry ", 5 letters:
gyron
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context heraldiccharge English) A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A gyron is a triangular heraldic ordinary having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon. A shield divided into gyrons is called gyronny , the default is typically of eight if no number of gyrons is specified. The ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gyron \Gy"ron\ (j[imac]"r[o^]n), n. [F. giron; of German origin. See Gore a piece of cloth.] (Her.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron ...
Usage examples of gyron.
But after I had been visited by the physicians, Bernabo della Croce and Angelo Gyra, there seemed to be some hope of my recovery, albeit both my parents, and my aunt as well, had already bewept me as one dead.