Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarcelled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sar-celled
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline).

adj

Cut through the middle, or voided with the ends left open (unconnected).

Example Sentences

"Cross, quarterly, quartered, couped, ends sarcelled and reverted."
"1828-40, Berry, Encycl. Her. I" Cross pattée sarcelled at bottom in the form of a ᴧ reversed."
"Cross moline sarcelled, or voided throughout, cross recercelée, or recersile, or recercelée voided or disjoined, which has also been called a cross fleury biparted. This is borne by the names of Knollys, or Knowles, and Verney. Gules, a cross moline sarcelled argent. BEC. […]"

Etymology

From Old French cercel, from Latin circellus, diminutive of circulus (“circle”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: cercel, circellus

Synonyms

sarcelé sarcellée

Questions

What does sarcelled mean?: Sarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline).
Where does sarcelled come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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