Sinople
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sinople is a noun meaning (mineralogy) Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
Meaning
(mineralogy) Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A shade of red; sinoper.
- (obsolete) Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
- (obsolete, heraldry) Vert (green).
Example Sentences
In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]
This shield argent with three lions sinople (green) has remained the coat of arms of the House of Lannoy. The young knight built a home in the woods around the seigneurie of Lys.
Word Forms
- sinoples
- sinoper
- sinopre
- sinaper
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sinopia, sideroxylon, peridote, southpole, peonin, spynace.
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