† raguled, a. Her. Obs.
Also 6 ragueled.
[f. as next, with native termination.]
1. = raguly.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie II. 24 b, This noble Baron beareth Argent, a Crosse ragueled Sable. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. iv. 95 He beareth Argent, two Billets Raguled and Truncked. 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry ii. i. 10 The field is pearl, a cross Raguled and trunked Diamond. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Raguled, or Ragged, in heraldry, is applied to an ordinary, e.gr. a cross, whose out-lines are jagged or knotted. |
2. = couped, coupé. rare—0.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Raguled is sometimes also used in the sense of truncated or couped, and applied to a branch that is sawed from the tree, or a stock sawed from its root. |