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Definition of Engouled
1. a. Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.
Definition of Engouled
1. Adjective. (heraldry) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything. ¹
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Definition of Engouled
1. (of heraldic decoration) entering an animal's mouth [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engouled
Literary usage of Engouled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decorative Heraldry: A Practical Handbook of Its Artistic Treatment by George William Eve (1908)
"... was formerly called engouled. As the imaginary figures which are so distinctively
heraldic resemble in most cases the preceding in their positions, ..."
2. Decorative Heraldry: A Practical Handbook of Its Artistic Treatment by George William Eve (1897)
"Pierced through the mouth, as is the demi-lion of augmentation (qv^) of the ducal
coat of Howard, was formerly called engouled. GRYPHON. place. ..."
3. Handbook of Heraldry: With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and by John Edwin Cussans (1893)
"engouled : Being swallowed or devoured. It also signifies being pierced through
the mouth with a weapon. ENHANCED : Any Ordinary set above its usual ..."
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