zule
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein.
Example Sentences
- "Those of Zulestein, are Gules, three Zules, Or."
- "ZULE : a chess rook : so called in the coat of ZULEISTEIN (gules, three zules argent, a label of three points of the last,) borne on an escutcheon surtout by the earls of Rochford."
- "FREDERICK NASSAU DE ZUYLESTEIN, EARL OF ROCHFORD Quarterly, [...] over all, in an escutcheon Gules three zules Argent, two and one, for Zuylestein."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: zuil