gringolée

English

A cross gringolée.

Alternative forms

gringolé, gringoly, gringolly

Etymology

From French gringolé (attested since 1644), related to the verb gringoler (and apparently dégringoler, attested in the form desgringueler from 1595), apparently from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”); the semantics are obscure.[1]

Adjective

gringolée (not comparable)

(heraldry) Of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads.

References

“gringolé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012., “dégringoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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[1] “gringolé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012., “dégringoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.