annulet

English edit

Coat of arms with an annulet (sense 3) in the center.

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Particularly: "molding"

Etymology edit

Latin ānnulus (“small ring”).

Noun edit

annulet (plural annulets)

A small ring.
(architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
(heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.

Derived terms edit

Scotch annulet (Charissa obscurata, Gnophos obfuscata)

Translations edit

ring-shaped molding at the top of a column

Catalan: armil·la f
Italian: armilla (it) f
Portuguese: armila f
Spanish: armilla (es) f

References edit

The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

Further reading edit

annulet (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
annulet (heraldry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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