"mascle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæskəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mascle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mascles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English maskel, maskle, maskle, from Medieval Latin mascula, from Germanic source. Cognate with Medieval Latin macula and Old French macle, macule. Compare English mesh). Doublet of mail. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|maskel}} Middle English maskel, {{der|en|la-med|mascula}} Medieval Latin mascula, {{cog|la-med|macula}} Medieval Latin macula, {{cog|fro|macle}} Old French macle, {{cog|en|mesh}} English mesh, {{doublet|en|mail}} Doublet of mail Head templates: {{en-noun}} mascle (plural mascles)
  1. (historical) A lozenge-shaped piece of metal, used in making scale mail. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-mascle-en-noun-FJ0mAJx7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Shapes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 30 37 13 7 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 1 23 30 7 34 1 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Shapes: 51 49
  2. (heraldry) A lozenge with a smaller lozenge-shaped hole in the centre. Translations (lozenge in heraldry): genombruten snedruta [common-gender] (Swedish), man [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mascle-en-noun-bY-Lbo5I Categories (other): Heraldic charges, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Shapes Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 30 37 13 7 2 1 Disambiguation of Shapes: 51 49 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'lozenge in heraldry': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mascled

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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