crosslet
nounUK /ˈkɹɒslət/
Etymology From Middle English crosselet, from Anglo-Norman croiselette; alternatively, cross + -let.
1
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A small cross with crossed arms.
- Then Vna gan to aske, if ought he knew, / Or heard abroad of that her champion trew, / That in his armour bare a croslet red.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- cross crosslet, crossleted