Enfield

English

Etymology

From the Old English forename Eana, or Old English ean, "lamb", + feld, "field".[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnfiːld/

Proper noun

Enfield

  1. A town and borough in North London
  2. A habitational surname

Noun

Enfield (plural Enfields)

  1. A heraldic monster with the head of a fox, the chest of a greyhound, the talons of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the hindlegs and tail of a wolf.[2]
  2. An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.
    • 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns, Usenet:
      Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.

References

  1. Enfield. Ancestry surname database.
  2. A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Charles Fox-Davies (London, 1909), p. 231.

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