The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . xamples, broader than the fillet. Reckonedwith the Ordinaries, it was commonly used as a means of differenc-ing a cadets shield, and in the heraldry books it has become theaccepted difference for an eldest son, although the cadets oftenbore it in the middle ages. John of Hastings bore in 1300 beforeCarlaverock Gold a sleeve (or maunche) gules, while Edmundhis brother bore the same arms with a sable label. In modernarmory the pendants are all but invariably reduced to three,which, in debased exampl
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . xamples, broader than the fillet. Reckonedwith the Ordinaries, it was commonly used as a means of differenc-ing a cadets shield, and in the heraldry books it has become theaccepted difference for an eldest son, although the cadets oftenbore it in the middle ages. John of Hastings bore in 1300 beforeCarlaverock Gold a sleeve (or maunche) gules, while Edmundhis brother bore the same arms with a sable label. In modernarmory the pendants are all but invariably reduced to three,which, in debased examples, are given a dovetailed form whilethe ends of the fillet are cut off. The Fret, drawn as a voided lozenge interlaced by a slendersaltire, is counted an Ordinary. A charge in such a shape isextremely rare in medieval armory, its ancient form when thefield is covered by it being a number of bastons—three beingthe customary number—interlaced by as many more from thesinister side. Although the whole is described as a fret in certainEnglish blazons of the i sth century, the adjective fretty. Scotland. Hondescote. Greyby. Hastings. is more commonly used. Trussels fret is remarkable for itsbezants at the joints, which stand, doubtless, for the goldennail-heads of the treUis suggested by his name. Curwcn,Wyvile and other northern houses bearing a fret and a chiefhave, owing to their fashion of drawing their frets, often seenthem changed by the heraldry books into three cheveronsbraced or interlaced. Huddlestone bore Gules fretty bore Silver fretty gules, the joints Giffard (14th century) bore Gules with an engrailed fretof ermine. Wyvile bore Gules fretty vair with a chief bore Gold a lion azure fretty silver. Another Ordinary is the Giron or Gyron— a word now com-monly mispronounced with a hard g. It may be defined as the
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