Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rempli

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rem-pli
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having another tincture than its own covering the greater part.

Example Sentences

"(42) Berks, an Antient and Honourable FAmily, but hath yet no Issue. His Arms are Argent on a Chief Gules, two Mullets Or, a Label on a Crescent for his Armorial difference; and for Crest the Falcon Or. Ducally gorged Gules, and an Eagle Or on the Breast of the last; the Lock Gold, rempli per Pale Argent and Sable therein, […]"
"Chief rempli, or bordered. Plate XXIX."
"rempli [...], a. [< F. rempli, pp. of remplir, fill up, < re- + emplir, fill, < L. implere, fill up : see implement.] In her., having another tincture than its own laid over or covering the greater part : thus, a chief azure rempli or has a broad band of gold occupying nearly the whole space of the chief, so that only a blue fimbriation shows around it. [Image caption:] Argent, a chief azure rempli or."

Etymology

Borrowed from French rempli.

Questions

What does rempli mean?: Having another tincture than its own covering the greater part.
Where does rempli come from?: Borrowed from French rempli.

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