单词 | arrondi |
释义 | arrondiadj. Heraldry. Now rare. Of a bearing, charge, or device: represented (by means of shading) as having a rounded surface; rounded or curved in shape. ΚΠ 1725 New Dict. Heraldry 18 Arrondie, a Cross-Arrondie, or rounded, is that whose Arms are compos'd of Sections of a Circle, not opposite to each other, so as to make the Arms bulge out thicker in one Part then another. 1775 H. Clark & T. Wormull Short & Easy Introd. Heraldry 3 Arrondie, signifies rounded or circular. 1885 Notes & Queries 25 Apr. 331/2 The arms of Albuquerque are those of La Cueva: Pierced in mantle arrondi. 1901 C. R. Clifford Period Decoration Gloss. 222 Arrondi, a term applied to charges which, instead of being represented in their ordinary shape, are curved or rounded. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 16/1 Arrondi, rounded; strictly implying that an object is to be depicted ‘in the round’ by means of shading, but er[roneously] extended to describe an object that is curved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1725 |
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