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Definition of Enfiled
1. p. a. Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.
Definition of Enfiled
1. Adjective. (heraldry) Having some object, such as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enfiled
1. in heraldry, thrust through like a sword [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfiled
Literary usage of Enfiled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"... holding a sword in pale, enfiled with a savage's head couped. lU.iTi, N, gu.
on a fesse az. three ..."
2. History of Scottish Seals from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century, with by Walter de Gray Birch (1905)
"... of Scotland, enfiled with a crown (that on the dexter flag uncertain). In base,
on the mount, with herbage, on which the supporters are ..."
3. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"Gules, three keys enfiled with as many crowns or—Robert ... Azure, a sword palewise
argent, enfiled in chief by a dexter hand ..."
4. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Sa. a crosier in pale or enfiled with a buck's head cabossed arg. (attired
gu.,Leland, Collect, i, 80). Cistercian Abbey at BUCKFASTLEIGH ОГ ..."
5. Heraldic Badges by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1907)
"Badge —three ostrich feathers enfiled by a coronet of crosses ... Badges—(i) a
plume of three ostrich feathers argent, enfiled by a ..."
6. Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army During the Great Civil War by Richard Symonds, Charles Edward Long (1859)
"A standard sable, bearing for device, on a mound vert a column erect proper,
surmounted by a crown enfiled by a sceptre in bend dexter and a naked sword in ..."
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