‖ fer-de-moline Her.
(fɛə də ˈmɒliːn)
[a. F. fer de moulin ‘iron of a mill’.]
(See quots.)
| 1741 Chambers Cycl., Fer de Moulin..is a bearing in heraldry; supposed to represent the iron-ink, or ink of a mill, which sustains the moving mill-stone. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xvii. §2. 270 The fer-de-moline or. |