Urdy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Urdy is an adjective meaning (heraldry) Alternative form of urdé.
Meaning
(heraldry) Alternative form of urdé.
Example Sentences
He bears as arms the lion of St. Mark, sejant-guardant, crowned and winged, bearing in the dexter jambe a closed book surmounted by a cross urdy.
Order For Services, first class (star) same silver centre roundel but without the gold cross urdy. The star of the Order is an eight-pointed star of plain gold rays with an eight-pointed silver centre bearing a light blue[…]
As to the term urdy, which is given in Woodward and Burnett and also in Berry , I can only say I personally have never come across I an instance of its use as a partition line. A cross or a billet urdy one knows, but urdy as a partition line I have yet to find.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include varriated, raguled, engrailed, enarched, erect, orled.
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