| 单词 | quarter-pierced |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-pierced quarter-pierced adj. Heraldry (of a cross) having a square hole in the centre where the bars intersect (cf. quater-pierced adj.). ΚΠ 1646 R. Butcher Surv. & Antiq. Stamford viii. 29 Moleneux of Haughton..beares Azure, A Crosse Molyne quarter pierced Argent. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Quarter Pierced, in Heraldry is when there is a hole of a square form made in the middle of a Cross. 1867 C. Boutell Eng. Heraldry vi. 55 If a small square is pierced at the intersection of the limbs, it is ‘quarter-pierced’. 1968 G. Spriggs Coat of Arms x. lxxiii. 3 The unidentified coat-of-arms..is painted below. It can be blazoned: ‘Or on a cross quarterpierced four lions rampant of the field’. 2001 Art Bull. 83 275 Over all, escutcheon, quarterly cross quarter-pierced. < as lemmas |
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