masculy, a. Her.
(ˈmæskjʊlɪ)
Also 9 masculée, mascally.
[f. *mascule, mascle + -y.]
Covered with mascle-shaped figures.
| a 1550 in Baring-Gould & Twigge's West. Armory (1898) 4 Belmarsh..Gul: masculy arg: 4, 3, 2, 1. 1562 Leigh Armorie (1597) 35 b, Vert a crosse Masculy Argent. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry v. iv. (1632) 377 Masculy, that is..Mascle-waies. 1864 Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xv. 196 Shields masculée..may have been intended by early Heralds to indicate Difference. 1869 W. S. Ellis Antiq. of Her. viii. 163 note, We see on the wings..the mascally pattern. 1878 Burke Gen. Armory 819/2 Powges, Ar. masculy sa. |