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fermail Antiq. and Her.|ˈfɜːmeɪl|
Also 5 fermayll(e, 6 fermaulx, 7 fermaile, -ale, -ault.
[a. OF. fermaille a clasp:—med.L. firmāculum, f. firmāre to fix.]
A buckle or clasp; a setting.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. x. iv, A fermayll of gemes plesaunt. 1483― G. de la Tour M iij, To wynne suche ouches or fermaylles. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 38 b, One fermaulx lozengie. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. xv. (1660) 344 He beareth..on a chief..as many fermailes or buckles. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 304/2 Buckles are called Fermales or Fermaults. 1865Athenæum No. 1954. 494/2 A Charact Fermail of the fourteenth century. 1877L. Jewitt Half-hrs. Eng. Antiq. 126 A circular object..intended for a mirror, or for a circular brooch or fermail. |