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nom⋅bril

[nom-bril]
–noun Heraldry.
the point in an escutcheon between the middle of the base and the fess point.
Also called navel.


Origin:
1555–65; < F: lit., navel
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nom·bril   (nŏm'brəl)   
n.   Heraldry
The point on an escutcheon between the fess point and the base point; the midpoint in the lower half of the escutcheon.

[French, from Old French, from (u)n ombril, (a) navel, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus, from Latin, diminutive of umbilīcus; see nobh- in Indo-European roots.]
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