crined

English

Etymology

From Old French crine (“hair of the head”) (French crin) +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪnd
IPA^(key): /kɹʌɪnd/

Adjective

crined (not comparable)

(heraldry) Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
  a crested bird called in Zemblan sampel (‘silktail’), closely resembling a waxwing in shape and shade, is the model of one of the three heraldic creatures (the other two being a reindeer proper and a merman azure, crined or) in the armorial bearings of the Zemblan King, Charles the Beloved

Anagrams

Cinder, Nerdic, cinder

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.