Tirret
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tirret is a noun meaning (heraldry) A manacle, shackle, or swivel.
Meaning
(heraldry) A manacle, shackle, or swivel.
Example Sentences
[…] tufted, ducally gorged, with chain reflexed over the back, & charged on the shoulder with a tirret or.
Sinister, an unicorn, argent; armed, unguled, mained, tufted, ducally collared, or; on the shoulder, a tirret, or. MOTTO.
A bendlet between two tirrets, over all a lion, rampant. […] On the Shield of dripstone^([sic]) of Door, a rose within a wreath; the tirrets are profusely used on the wooden ceiling and in the moulding, both external and internal. The wreath is also met with several times.
Word Forms
- tirrets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shackle, fetterlock, manacles, manacle, shackbolt, trace.
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