MARTLET


Meaning of MARTLET in English

/mahrt"lit/ , n.

1. Brit. Dial. a house martin.

2. Heraldry. a representation of a swallow close and without legs, used esp. as the cadency mark of a fourth son.

[ 1530-40; martelet, var. of martinet; see MARTIN, -ET ]

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