furchy

English

Adjective

furchy (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of fourche (“forked”).
   • 1731, Francis Nichols, The British Compendium: Or, Rudiments of Honour ..., page 30:

     4. Gules, the Badge of the Order of St. Lazarus. 5. Sable, a Cross furchy, or forked, Or. 6. Gules, a […]

   • 1810, John Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester: ... By John Nichols, ... In Four Volumes, page 187:

     On another flat sone: Staresmore, impaled with, Argent, a lion rampant queué furchy Sable, Cressy; fig. 29.