cronel
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally a variant of coronal.
Noun[edit]
cronel (plural cronels)
- The metal head of a tilting spear or lance, which could be blunt or consist of many small points (to grip armor), designed not to penetrate or wound.
- 1786, Francis Grose, “The Sling”, in A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC, footnote x, page 47:
- The follovving deſcription of the coronels or coronets, is given by [John] Guillim in his diſplay of heraldry.
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Further reading[edit]
- “cronel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.