Enfield
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnfiːld/
Noun
Enfield (plural Enfields)
- A heraldic monster with the head of a fox, the chest of a greyhound, the talons of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the hindlegs and tail of a wolf.[2]
- An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.
- 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns, Usenet:
- Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.
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References
- Enfield. Ancestry surname database.
- A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Charles Fox-Davies (London, 1909), p. 231.
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