crancelin

noun

1. A chaplet of rue, as used as a charge on the arms of Saxony.

   A chaplet of rue, sometimes called a crancelin, is blazoned bend-wise in the shield of Saxony – Barry often or and sa., over all a chaplet of rue vert.

Where it comes from

From French crancelin, from German Kränzlein (“small garland”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry crancelin (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← crambocrankle →

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