crosslet

English

Etymology

From Middle English crosselet, from Anglo-Norman croiselette; alternatively, cross +‎ -let.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɒslət/

Noun

crosslet (plural crosslets)

1. (chiefly heraldry) A small cross with crossed arms.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     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.

Derived terms

• cross crosslet
• crossleted

Anagrams

• corslets, costrels, croslets