kleestengel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird, terminating in a trefoil, chiefly in German heraldry.

Word forms

kleestengel

Etymology

From older German Kleestengel (since 1996 now spelled Kleestängel).

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