enté en point

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English

The arms of Spain include a pomegranate enté en point at the bottom of the shield, representing Granada.
The arms of Savoy-Nemours are quartered, with two of the quarters (rather than the whole shield) having boterols enté en pointe.

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Etymology

From French , compare Spanish entado en punta.

Adjective

enté en point (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Impaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling.
    • 1788, Hugh Clark, A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, etc. (The fifth edition, with considerable improvements.), page 133:
      Brunswick and Lunenburgh impaled with Saxony, ente-en-point, that is, grafted in point.
    • 1884, Notes and Queries, page 202:
      Paling Sicily; the whole enté en point of Granada. He bore the full arms of Lalain, […]

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Further reading

  • 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, page 557:
    At other times a pile with curved sides runs from the base some distance into the quartered shield, which is then said to be enté en point, and this space is devoted to the display of one or more quarterings. The definite and precise […]
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