virole
See also: virolé
English
Etymology
From French virole (“ferrule”). See ferrule.
Noun
virole (plural viroles)
- (heraldry) A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
- 1836, Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford, The Popular Encyclopedia;: pt. 1: England-Germany (literature and science), page 698:
- […] except when he has a hood, bells, virols, or rings, and leashes, in which case he is said to be hooded, belled, jessed, and leashed; […]
- 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 386:
- The Florentine GUICCIARDINI bore : Azure, three hunting-horns argent, the mouth-pieces and viroles or, banded gules. Gules, three trumpets fessways in pale argent, is the canting coat of CALL (Baronets).
- 1908, Arthur Francis Pimbley, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: Together with an Illustrated Supplement, page 67:
- Viroled- (vi-rold') Furnished with a virole or viroles. Said of a bugle or horn when borne with rings of a different tincture from the bugle itself.
Related terms
References
- “virole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *viriola, diminutive of viria (“bracelet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.ʁɔl/
Noun
virole f (plural viroles)
Descendants
- → English: virole
Further reading
- “virole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
virole f
- plural of virola