crosslet

American  

[kraws-lit, kros-] / ˈkrɔs lɪt, ˈkrɒs- /

noun

1. a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.

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crosslet British  

/ ˈkrɒslɪt /

noun

1. heraldry a cross having a smaller cross near the end of each arm

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Other Word Forms

• crossleted adjective

Etymology

Origin of crosslet

First recorded in 1350–1400, crosslet is from the Middle English word croslet. See cross, -let

Example Sentences

His right hand high the crosslet bore, His left the pole-ax grasped, to guidenote And stay his footing in the tide.

From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn

Scott of Congerhurst in Kent bore “Silver a crosslet fitchy sable.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

It bore a shield with three crosses crosslet pattées, a chief Arderne, with the motto, "Frange, lege tege."

From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)

On the side nearest the rock is a splayed opening ending outwardly in a crosslet large enough for three or four men to use at the same time.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

The crosslet, cross botonny or cross crosletted, is a cross whose limbs, of even breadth, end as trefoils or treble buds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various