moline

[ moh-lin, moh-lahyn ]

adjectiveHeraldry.
  1. (of a cross) having arms of equal length, split and curved back at the ends, used especially as the cadency mark of an eighth son: a cross moline.

Origin of moline

1
1555–65; <Anglo-French *moliné, equivalent to molinmill1 + <Latin -ātus-ate1

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Other definitions for Moline (2 of 2)

Moline
[ moh-leen ]

noun
  1. a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.

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How to use moline in a sentence

  • Many of them I also served afterwards on the way to moline and Minnesota.

    Reminiscences | Hans Mattson
  • The "cross moline" is so named from resemblance to the moline, or crossed iron, in the center of the upper millstone.

    The Worship of the Church | Jacob A. Regester
  • The "cross recercel" resembles the cross moline, but with its floriations more expanded.

    The Worship of the Church | Jacob A. Regester

British Dictionary definitions for moline

moline

/ (məˈlaɪn) /


adjective
  1. heraldry (of a cross) having arms of equal length, forked and curved back at the ends

Origin of moline

1
C16: probably from Anglo-French moliné, from molin mill 1, referring to the arms curved back like the ends of a mill-rind

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