"mascle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæskəl/ Forms: mascles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mascle, maskel, from Old French mascle, macle, from Medieval Latin mascula, from a Germanic source (compare English mesh). Doublet of mail. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mascle}} Middle English mascle, {{der|en|fro|mascle}} Old French mascle, {{uder|en|la-med|mascula}} Medieval Latin mascula, {{uder|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{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 Categories (topical): Shapes
    Sense id: en-mascle-en-noun-FJ0mAJx7 Disambiguation of Shapes: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 25 31 10 18 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 24 31 7 33 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 73 27
  2. (heraldry) A lozenge with a smaller lozenge-shaped hole in the centre. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges Translations (lozenge in heraldry): genombruten snedruta [common-gender] (Swedish), man [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mascle-en-noun-bY-Lbo5I Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'lozenge in heraldry': 34 66

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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