释义 |
enˈvironed, ppl. a. Her. [f. environ v. + -ed1.] Of a charge: Set round with other objects, as a head with a wreath, a lion with bezants, etc. Perh. never in actual Eng. use. In Chambers only as transl. Fr. environné as a term of French heraldry.
1727–51in Chambers Cycl. 1847in Craig. [ 1864: see environ v. 1 c.] In mod. Dicts. |