Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarcelly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sar-cel-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.

Example Sentences

"[…] ar. a bend, sarcelly, gu. betw. eight couped, ar. attired or. crosses, formée, sa."
"Az. billetty and a cross sarcelly arg. John MORYS, Y. Az. a cross sarcelly pierced arg. MELTON, Aston, co. York. […] Az. a cross anchory or. BEAURAIN. […] Vert a cross sarcelly indented az. betw. three crosses croslet fitchy or. EYMORE."
"Ermine, a cross sarcelly sable - GODARD, Chester. Azure, crusilly a cross sarcelly disjoined or - KNOWLES, Earl of Banbury, ob. 1632. Argent, crusily gules a cross sarcelly sable - RALEIGH."
"Gules, a cross sarcelly ermine."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cercelé, recercelé ("curly, curled"), from Old French cercelé (compare cerceau (“hoop”)). Attested since at least 1500.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: cercelé

Inflected Forms

recercelée (alternative) cercelée (alternative) sarcele (alternative) recercelé (alternative) cercelé (alternative) cercellé (alternative) cercellée (alternative) recercellé (alternative) recercellée (alternative) sarcellée (alternative) cercelly (alternative) sarcelé (alternative)

Questions

What does sarcelly mean?: Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.
Where does sarcelly come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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