gringolée

English edit

A cross gringolée.

Alternative forms edit

gringolé, gringoly, gringolly

Etymology edit

From French gringolé (attested since 1644), related to the verb gringoler (and apparently dégringoler, attested in the form desgringueler from 1595), apparently from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”); the semantics are obscure.^[1]

Adjective edit

gringolée (not comparable)

(heraldry) Of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads.

See also edit

anserated

References edit

^ “gringolé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012., “dégringoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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