merletten.

Brit.

/məːˈlɛt/, U.S.

/mərˈlɛt/

Forms: late Middle English merlete, late Middle English 1800s– merlette, 1800s– merlet; Scottish pre-1700 merlette.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French merlet; French merlette.

Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman merlet (mid 14th cent.) < merle merle n.¹ + -et -et suffix¹, and partly < Middle French merlette (late 14th cent.) < merle merle n.¹ + -ette -ette suffix. Compare later marlet n., and martlet n.² and note at that entry.

Heraldry.

A representation of a bird with neither feet nor beak. Cf. martlet n.² 2.More lectis in quot. c1425 may be interpreted as a possible transmission error for merelettis.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds

eaglec1380

swana1400

phoenix?a1425

pelicana1430

ravena1450

merlette1451

popinjayc1460

eagletc1494

merliona1500

martletc1519

merlion?a1549

spread eagle1550

meropie1572

spread eaglet1602

alerion1625

liver1668

shoveller1780

eagle in her majesty?1828

double eagle1861

hirondelle1880

pelican in her piety1885

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 8711 He beres grene and he asure, Engreled with a faire bordure, He beres an egle and he more lectis [perh. read merelettis].]

1451 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 49 (MED) I will he haf the whitte bede with merletes of silke.

1494 Loutfut MS f. 13, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Merlett(e And wil ȝe wit quhat is merlettes thai ar foulis but fut or neb.

1788 Heraldry in Miniature (new ed.) 25 Merlette, or Merlion, the same as martlet.

?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Eee/2 Merlette, or Merlion, an heraldic term used by French heralds for the martlet, but which they represent without beak, thighs, or legs.

1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 89/2 Merlet, Merlette or Merlion, a Martlet.

1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry xiv. 245 Perhaps the confusion between the foreign merlette—which is drawn like a duck without wings, feet, or forked tail—and the martlet may account for the idea that the martlet should be depicted without a beak.

1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 228/1 Merlette, r[are] alt[ernative] for a martlet; the term is current in Fr[ench] blazon.

2010 J. Alden Songs, Scribes, & Society ii. 88 The birds on the first leaf..have both feet and beaks, making them not merlettes but blackbirds.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merlette
释义	merletten. Brit. /məːˈlɛt/, U.S. /mərˈlɛt/ Forms: late Middle English merlete, late Middle English 1800s– merlette, 1800s– merlet; Scottish pre-1700 merlette. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French merlet; French merlette. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman merlet (mid 14th cent.) < merle merle n.¹ + -et -et suffix¹, and partly < Middle French merlette (late 14th cent.) < merle merle n.¹ + -ette -ette suffix. Compare later marlet n., and martlet n.² and note at that entry. Heraldry. A representation of a bird with neither feet nor beak. Cf. martlet n.² 2.More lectis in quot. c1425 may be interpreted as a possible transmission error for merelettis. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds eaglec1380 swana1400 phoenix?a1425 pelicana1430 ravena1450 merlette1451 popinjayc1460 eagletc1494 merliona1500 martletc1519 merlion?a1549 spread eagle1550 meropie1572 spread eaglet1602 alerion1625 liver1668 shoveller1780 eagle in her majesty?1828 double eagle1861 hirondelle1880 pelican in her piety1885 c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 8711 He beres grene and he asure, Engreled with a faire bordure, He beres an egle and he more lectis [perh. read merelettis].] 1451 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 49 (MED) I will he haf the whitte bede with merletes of silke. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 13, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Merlett(e And wil ȝe wit quhat is merlettes thai ar foulis but fut or neb. 1788 Heraldry in Miniature (new ed.) 25 Merlette, or Merlion, the same as martlet. ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Eee/2 Merlette, or Merlion, an heraldic term used by French heralds for the martlet, but which they represent without beak, thighs, or legs. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 89/2 Merlet, Merlette or Merlion, a Martlet. 1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry xiv. 245 Perhaps the confusion between the foreign merlette—which is drawn like a duck without wings, feet, or forked tail—and the martlet may account for the idea that the martlet should be depicted without a beak. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 228/1 Merlette, r[are] alt[ernative] for a martlet; the term is current in Fr[ench] blazon. 2010 J. Alden Songs, Scribes, & Society ii. 88 The birds on the first leaf..have both feet and beaks, making them not merlettes but blackbirds. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1451
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