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An illustration of mascled armor.

Mascled Armor

An illustration of mascled armor.

"Azure, a fret argent. FRET. Two laths interlaced with a mascle." -Hall, 1862

Fret

"Azure, a fret argent. FRET. Two laths interlaced with a mascle." -Hall, 1862

"Azure, a fret, argent. The fret is formed by two lines interlaced in saltier with a mascle." -Hall, 1862

Fret Ordinary

"Azure, a fret, argent. The fret is formed by two lines interlaced in saltier with a mascle." -Hall,…

"Argent, a mascle, vert. MASCLE. An open lozenge-shaped figure, one of the subordinate ordinaries." -Hall, 1862

Mascle

"Argent, a mascle, vert. MASCLE. An open lozenge-shaped figure, one of the subordinate ordinaries."…

A mascle is a voided lozenge-- that is, a lozenge with a lozenge-shaped hole in the middle-- and the rarer rustre is a lozenge containing a circular hole. A field covered in a pattern of lozenges is described as lozengy; similar fields of mascles are masculy, and fusils, fusily.

Mascle

A mascle is a voided lozenge-- that is, a lozenge with a lozenge-shaped hole in the middle-- and the…

"Gules, a mascle, argent. The mascle is in the shape of a lozenge but perforated through its whole extent except a narrow border." -Hall, 1862

Mascle Ordinary

"Gules, a mascle, argent. The mascle is in the shape of a lozenge but perforated through its whole extent…

"In heraldry, a charge consisting of two bendlets placed in saltier and interplaced with a mascle." -Whitney, 1911

Saltire Fretted

"In heraldry, a charge consisting of two bendlets placed in saltier and interplaced with a mascle."…

"The Frette is composed of a Bendlet and Scarp and a Mascle interlacing each other."—Aveling, 1891

Frette Shield

"The Frette is composed of a Bendlet and Scarp and a Mascle interlacing each other."—Aveling,…

"The Rustre differs from the mascle in that the perforation of the device is circular and not throughout."—Aveling, 1891

Rustre Shield

"The Rustre differs from the mascle in that the perforation of the device is circular and not throughout."—Aveling,…