Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, divided into bars or barrulets: said of the field when divided into not less than eight parts; if the number is much greater, it is called
barruletty . Alsobarrulée .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry Traversed by
barrulets or smallbars .
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Examples
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_eight_ (some writers say _ten_), it is “_barrulée_” or “_barruly_”; and in this case it is not necessary that the number of the bars should be specified, the word _barrulée_ being used alone, or the expression
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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