accolé

See also: accole

English

The arms of the village of Brassac are two shields accolé(s).

Etymology

From French accolé, past participle of accoler.

Adjective

accolé (not comparable)

1. (microbiology) Crescent-shaped.
   • 2005, Mary Louise Turgeon, Clinical Hematology: Theory and Procedures, →ISBN, page 106:

     Sometimes the trophozoites are seen as crescent-shaped masses at the periphery of the erythrocyte (accolé forms ).

   • 2012, Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller, Medical Microbiology,with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access,7, →ISBN:

     Ring forms of Plasmodium falciparum. note the multiple ring forms and appliqué (accolé) forms within the individual erythrocytes, which is characteristic of this organism.

   • 2013, C. L. Dunn, D. D. Pandya, The Chemistry and Bacteriology of Public Health, →ISBN, page 323:

     “Accolé” ring forms (occasionally met with in benign and quartan infection) are very common in malignant malaria and are seen as minute faint blue semi-circles of cytoplasm on the margin of red cells, the chromatin dot being frequently seen on the free apex of the part of the red cell enclosed by the semi-circle.

2. (heraldry) Joined or placed side by side (with); (of a pair of shields) displayed side by side and often leaning on or towards each other.

   Synonym: (plural) accolés

   • 1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 146:

     […] and those of his heiress-wife; under the mistaken impression that the shield so used, accolé to his own, is that of the lady, whereas in my view it is that to which he is himself entitled, and to which she is not.

   • 1905, Augustus Wollaston Franks, Ellis's Catalogue of British and American Book-plates (ex-libris), page 185:

     (Stratford, Earl of Aldborough.) Polack Sculp. Chippendale Armorial, two shields accolé, with supporters, on a mantle.
     (Stratford (Edward), Earl of Aldborough). Armorial. Two Shields accolé, with supporters.

   • 2012, Wolfram KoeppeClare Le CorbeillerWilliam RiederCharles TrumanSuzanne G. ValensteinClare Vincentet al., The Robert Lehman Collection: Decorative arts. XV, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 134:

     However, the reverse-gilt glass panel, decorated with three accolé coats of arms and the date 1571, applied over the cartouche on the front of the ewer, ...

Alternative forms

• (heraldry): accolée, accolee

Coordinate terms

• coupled

Noun

accolé (plural accolés)

1. A blow (typically with the flat of a sword, though historically sometimes with a fist, etc.) given in the ceremony conferring knighthood.

Anagrams

• Colace

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kɔ.le/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: accolés, accolée, accolées

Participle

accolé (feminine accolée, masculine plural accolés, feminine plural accolées)

1. past participle of accoler

Descendants

• → English: accolé

Adjective

accolé (feminine accolée, masculine plural accolés, feminine plural accolées)

1. bracketed
2. (heraldry) accolé

Further reading

• “accolé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.