enurny, a. Her.
(ɛˈnɜːnɪ)
Also enurney.
[a. AF. enorné, enourné, altered form of OF. aourné adorned: see anorn, enorn.]
Of a bordure: Charged with beasts. By some writers improperly used as n. for a charge of this kind upon a bordure.
| 1562 Leigh Armorie (1597) 111 The fourth [bordure] is called Enurney, that is, when it is occupied with any beast. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry i. v. (1660) 29 This term Enurny is proper to all bordures charged with any beasts. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict., Enurny, the Heralds Term for a Bordure of a Coat of Arms, being charged with any kind of Beasts. 1847 Gloss. Brit. Her. s.v. Bordure of England 63 Some would say enurney of lions, or charged with an enurney of lions. |