Citations:verule

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English citations of verule

compare virole, verules
  • 1892, The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, page 257:
    To this effect runs the inscription upon the restored silver-gilt verules.2 Upon the upper verule the words are:— "Cornu hoc3 Uphus in occidentali parte / [] ." [] The convex measurement of the horn is 2 ft. 5 in., and its concave 1 ft. 11 in., whilst the circumference of the verule at the "bell", or embrasure, is 15 in. []
    2 The rim of both the bugle-horn and of the olifant was always enriched with either silver or gold, and to the embouchure, as used for blowing purposes, was affixed a valve []
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  • Thomas Robson (engraver.) (1830) The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland:
    VERULES. See VIRES. / VERULED, or FERRILED, [French, virole, enguiché] terms used to express the ornamental rings round hunting-horns, &c. / [...] / VIRES, VERULES, or FERRILS, [Latin armillae] a name given by French heralds to annulets, or great rings, when borne in arms, one within another, with the same centre.