vulned

English

The flag of Louisiana depicts a pelican in her piety, i.e. a vulned pelican feeding her young.

Adjective

vulned (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, especially of a pelican) Wounded and bleeding, especially from the breast.
   • 1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 74:

     a pelican or, vulned gu.

   • 1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 306:

     Or a pelican in piety ppr. REIDHEUGH, Culte-bragan. Per chev. vert and erm. in chief a pelican or vulned ppr. JOYNER. [...] Quarterly per fess indented sa. and or in the first quarter a pelican of the second vulning itself ppr.

   • 1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 190:

     Gu. a pelican feeding her young arg. vulned ppr. (4th quarter).

Verb

vulned

1. simple past and past participle of vuln

References

• Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: V
• Parker's Heraldry