If a conjecture may be hazarded, I would suggest that the coat was a modification of the ancient arms of Batishull: a crosslet in saltier, between four owls. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850] Reference
There is no gold about the boy, but the crosslet of his sword. From Wordnik.com. [Mediaeval Tales] Reference
The "cross crosslet" is formed of four Latin or Passion crosses placed foot to foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness] Reference
Only the eldest sons bore the Chevron chequy, the rest of the family bore the Beauchamp crosses crosslet. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare's Family] Reference
Crosses can be-among other things-crosslet, potent, avellan, moline, paty, formy, fitchy or paty or formy fitchy at the foot. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4] Reference
On the side nearest the rock is a splayed opening ending outwardly in a crosslet large enough for three or four men to use at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine] Reference
Eleanor smiled, but the next moment sighed and drooped her head, while a tear fell on the blue silk with which she was embroidering the crosslet on his pennon. From Wordnik.com. [The Lances of Lynwood] Reference
For when the King had drunk, as Siegfried knelt plunging his head into the stream, Sir Hagen took his spear and smote him on the little crosslet mark that was worked on his cloak between his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes Every Child Should Know] Reference
His Mark is a triangle of which the two upright sides are prolonged with a crosslet; in the centre a star, and on either side the gothic letters T H, the whole being on a very small shield hanging from a broken stump. From Wordnik.com. [Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography] Reference
Gaston gathered together a few of the ancient Lances of Lynwood, who were glad to enlist under the blue crosslet, and these, with some men-at-arms, who had recently come to Bordeaux to seek employment, formed a body with whom Eustace trusted to be able to keep the disaffected in check. From Wordnik.com. [The Lances of Lynwood] Reference
Now I find no notice of this flower in Gerarde; and in Sowerby, out of eighteen lines of closely printed descriptive text, no notice of its crosslet form, while the petals are only stated to be "roundish-concave," terms equally applicable to at least one-half of all flower petals in the. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
Two of the petals, indeed, as a rule, are different from the other two, except in the heaths; and thus a distinctly crosslet form obtained, but always an equally balanced one: while in the Veronica, as in the Violet, the blossom always refers itself to a supposed place on the stalk with respect to the ground; and the upper petal is always the largest. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
Ralph, used "a seal, bearing two trumpets, mouthpieces in base, between nine crosses crosslet in fesse, three and three, in pale S. Thome de. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare's Family] Reference
Sir John de Arderne at the tournament at Stepney, 2 Edward II., in the retinue of the Earl of Lancaster, bore "Gules, 10 crosses crosslet, and. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare's Family] Reference
Pausing for an instant, they heard a voice tremulous with fear and eagerness: "It was himself! tall plume, bright armour! the very crosslet on his breast could be seen in the moonlight!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lances of Lynwood] Reference
On thy breast a golden crosslet. From Wordnik.com. [Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes] Reference
The crosslet to his henchman brave. From Wordnik.com. [Lady of the Lake] Reference
A slender crosslet formed with care. From Wordnik.com. [Lady of the Lake] Reference
A slender crosslet framed with care. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Lake] Reference
His right hand high the crosslet bore. From Wordnik.com. [Lady of the Lake] Reference
Cross crosslet. From Wordnik.com. [The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness] Reference
"crosslet. From Wordnik.com. [The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness] Reference
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