engrailed, ppl. a.
(ɛnˈgreɪld)
[f. engrail v.]
1. (See engrail v. 1.) a. Her. Of an ordinary: Having a series of curvilinear indentations in the edge. b. gen. Of the edge of any object, of a line, a circle, etc.: Ornamented with a series of curvilinear indentations. c. Of a coin: Having a margin formed by an engrailed circle, or with a ring of dots. d. Entom. engrailed moth, Tephrosia biundularia; small engrailed moth, T. crepuscularis (Newman Brit. Moths 66).
| ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 4183 He had sothely for-sakene þe sawturoure engrelede. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. E ij b, Sych a bordure is calde a bordure ingraylit for the colowre of hym is put gre by gre into the felde of tharmys. 1830 E. Hawkins Anglo-Fr. Coin. 128 Legend..within two concentric engrailed circles. 1848 Rickman Goth. Archit. xx, The nail-head, and engrailed ornaments. 1856 Smyth Rom. Fam. Coins 97 A well struck engrailed coin of excellent workmanship. 1871 W. H. Turner Publ. Harl. Soc. V. 86 A cross engrailed between four water bougets. |
† 2. (See engrail v. 3.) Incised, carved in intaglio. Obs.
| 1784 J. Barry Lect. Art i. (1848) 69 The intaglio or engrailed figures on our Gothic tombs. |