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Definition of Nombril
1. Noun. The center point on a shield.
Definition of Nombril
1. n. A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.
Definition of Nombril
1. Noun. (heraldry) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nombril
1. a point on a heraldic shield [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nombril
Literary usage of Nombril
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... of which the upper ie the honor point, the lower the nombril point, and the
middle the fern point —the central point of the shield. ..."
2. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1878)
"Le troisième tableau comprend les noms : dieu, démon, phallus, serpent, idole,
sacrifice, ciel, nombril, poisson, — en tout 121 mots, dont 88 appartiennent ..."
3. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"In nombril point. BASE. 7. In Defter base point, (fr. au canton dextre ...
Argent, semy of trefoils two annulets braced in the nombril point sable — EATON. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy by Auguste Brachet (1882)
"nombril, sm. the navel. ... becomes nombril (found in 12th cent.) by prefixing
n, a thing difficult to explain; see also § 172, ... nombril is a doublet of ..."
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