crined

English

Unicorns' heads sable, crined or.

Etymology

From Old French crine (“hair of the head”) (French crin) +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪnd
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹaɪnd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹʌɪnd/

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Adjective

crined (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.
   • 1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland: Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms:

     Sa. three boys' heads couped at the shoulders ppr. having snakes enwrapped about their necks vert ; (sometimes borne with a chev. ar.) Crest - A boy's head as in the arms, (sometimes crined or.) VAUGHAN

   • 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:

     a crested bird called in Zemblan sampel (‘silktail’), closely resembling a waxwing in shape and shade, is the model of one of the three heraldic creatures (the other two being a reindeer proper and a merman azure, crined or) in the armorial bearings of the Zemblan King, Charles the Beloved

Anagrams

• Cinder, Nerdic, cinder