sarcele

English

Adjective

sarcele (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of sarcelly, sarcelé (“(of a cross:) having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around; (of a cross:) voided and with the ends left open”)
   • 1562 Legh Armory 59

     The fielde Or, a cross Sarcele Geules.

   • 1572 Bossewell Armorie II. 25 b,

     Gules, on a Crosse Sarcele D'or, fiue mollettes of the firste.

   • 1661, Morgan, Sphere of Gentry, II. 9:

     Sarcele Cross [=infra 14 Recercile].

   • 1828-40, Berry, Encycl. Her. I:

     Cross sarcele, sarcell, or sarcelle, is a cross voided, or, as it were, sawed apart.

   • 1904, Roger Dodsworth, Yorkshire Church Notes, 1619-1631, page 103:

     Gu. a cross sarcele ar.