vergette

English

Etymology

From French

Noun

vergette (plural vergettes)

  1. (heraldry) A small pale.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vergette in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

From verge (“rod”) +‎ -ette, from Latin virga

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.ʒɛt/
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Noun

vergette f (plural vergettes)

  1. (literally) A small (wooden) rod
  2. A clothes-brush
  3. (heraldry) A pale at least fivefold thinner then usual

Derived terms
  • vergeté
  • vergetier

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