fusilly, a. Her.
(ˈfjuːzɪlɪ)
Also 6 fusile, 7 fusillee, 8 fusilley, 9 fusilé.
[a. OF. fuselé, f. fusel: see fusil1.]
Of a field: Covered with fusils (see fusil1 1).
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 116 Two Pillers in pile fusile Dargent. 1634 Peacham Gentl. Exerc. iii. 149 Fusillee is like unto Masculy, but your fusils must be made long and small in the middle. 1711 Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) III. 165 The old Manner of Ingrailing in Arms is like Fusilley. 1825 Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 309 The Tabley family, whose armorial ensign was; Argent, a pale fusilè Sable. 1864 Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. viii. 35 In a Field Fusilly..the divisions are narrower than in Lozengy. |
b. Fusil-shaped.
| 1860 Hewitt Anc. Arm. II. 235 The rowels..may be divided into three kinds—the star shaped, the indented, and the fusilly. |