Engrailed

Engrailed

Engrailed, or Ingrailed, (fr. engrélé): a term applied to the cutting of the edge of a border, bend, or fesse, &c., into small semicircular indents, the teeth or points of which being outward enter the field: it is the contrary of invected, in which case the points are inwards. The term, as will be seem from the examples, is an old one, and is very frequently applied to the bordure; when applied to crosses and saltires heralds contend that they ought not to be engrailed at their ends. The term counter engrailed is found, but it is seldom employed; as when a fesse chevron or bend is blazoned engrailed , it implies that the ordinary is to be so on both sides. With French heralds the term engrelure signifies a narrow chief, so to speak, engrailed on the lower side.

Adam de NEWMARCHE de goules ung fece engrele or--Roll, temp. HEN. III.

Sire Johan de PENBRUGE de argent, od le chef de azure e une bende engrele de goules--Roll, temp. ED. II.

Monsire Philip de DABENEY, port gules une fesse engrele d'argent de quatre peces--Roll, temp. ED. III.

Monsire BOTEVILL, port d'argent une fesse engrele gules de iiij points, trois feuilles de sable un le cheif--Ibid.

Argent, a bend engrailed sable--RADCLIFFE.

Gules, six annulets or, three, two, and one, within a bordure engrailed compony argent and azure--CROUMWELL.

Argent, on a pale voided engrailed counter engrailed three crosses patty, all within a bordure sable--CROWCHE.

De sinople, à trois fasces d'argent à l'engrelure du même--SAINT CHAMANS DU PECHER, Limosin.