enfield

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English

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An enfield statant.

Noun

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enfield (plural enfields)

  1. A heraldic beast with the head of a fox, the chest of a greyhound, the talons of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the hindlegs and tail of a wolf.[1]
    • 1847, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, page 957:
      Tradition relates, that the O'Kelly crest of “the Enfield” originated at this time, from the circumstance of this animal having issued from the sea, to protect the body of Tadhg from the Danes, 'till rescued by his followers.

References

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  1. ^ A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Charles Fox-Davies (London, 1909), p. 231.
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