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Definition of Avellane
1. Adjective. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
Definition of Avellane
1. a. In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.
Definition of Avellane
1. Adjective. (heraldry) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avellane
1. avellan [adj] - See also: avellan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avellane
Literary usage of Avellane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"The Cross avellane, No. 109. The Crossed-Crosslet, and the Crosses Patee, Boton'ee,
and Potent, are also drawn having their shaft elongated and ..."
2. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry by Thomas Robson (1830)
"avellane, [French ... See CROSS avellane. ... pommel, and avellane double.
See CROSSES of these descriptions. ..."
3. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"Croit avellane: so called from its resemblance to four filberts (nuces avellana:);
... Argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the second a cross avellane ..."
4. The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art by William Wood Seymour (1897)
"Knights of noble birth bore the pilgrim's scallop shell of S. James at the
intersection of the arms.1 Cross avellane. Cross Pattue. ..."
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