† eˈnaluron Her. Obs.
Also 8 enalyron.
[perh. a. AFr. phrase *en aileron (en in, by way of; aileron pinion, also bordering, braiding of a doublet). If the traditional explanation be correct, cf. alerion.]
A bordure charged with birds. (According to Sir G. Mackenzie and Porny the word is an adv., = ‘orlé, or in manner of a bordure’, the use by English heralds from Leigh onwards being erroneous.)
| 1562 Leigh Armorie (1597) 111 The fifth [Bordure] is called Enaluron, when it is occupied with any foule or bird. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry i. v. (1660) 29 A bordure, Azure charged with Enaluron of Martlets. 1766 Porny Heraldry (1787), English armorists call a Bordure Enaluron if charged with eight birds. [And in mod. Dicts.] |