noun
definition
A European moth, Ectropis crepuscularia.
adjective
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Having an edge or border indented with semicircles with points outwards. Usually the saltire and the dexter edge of the border of the shield both have cuts along their entire length the shape of crescent moons.
Examples of engrailed in a Sentence
The most striking effect now lies in its engrailed arches.
The original Bradford shield featured a red and blue per pale field bearing an engrailed gold chevron between three hunting horns.
Upon the roof of the aisles is the engrailed cross of the founders, St. Clairs, once hereditary Grand Masters of Scotch Masonry.
Argent, a cross engrailed gules, between four water bougets sable.
His wife wears a mantle ornamented with the Verney arms and an engrailed saltire.