Definition of Lioncels

1. lioncel [n] - See also: lioncel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lioncels

lion's share
lion's tooth
lion-heart
lion-hearted
lion-hunter
lion-jaw bone-holding forceps
lion-jaw forceps
lion cub
lion cubs
lion marmoset
lion monkey
lionced
lioncel
lioncelle
lioncels (current term)
lionel
lionels
lioness
lionesses
lionet
lionets
lionfish
lionfishes
lionhead cichlid
lionhead cichlids
lionhead rabbit
lionheart
lionhearted
lionhearts

Literary usage of Lioncels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"Two or moro lions borne on one shield are sometimes (though never when on a royal coat) blazoned lioncels. ..."

2. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"iTi, N, gu. on a fesse az. three lioncels pass, or, betw. eight billets, four, three, and one, .... lioncels ..."

3. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Gu. on a chevron arg. a rose between two lioncels combatant of the first, in base a buckle in the form of a man's heart of the second. ..."

4. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"An earlier Shield, charged with six lioncels, but without any Ordinary, was borne by FAIR ROSAMOND'S son, WILLIAM LONGESPEE, Earl of SALISBURY, ..."

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