cronel

English

Etymology

Originally a variant of coronal.

Noun

cronel (plural cronels)

The metal head of a tilting spear or lance, which could be blunt or consist of many small points (to grip armor), designed not to penetrate or wound.
- 1786, Francis Grose, “The Sling”, in A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC, footnote x, page 47:
  The follovving deſcription of the coronels or coronets, is given by [John] Guillim in his diſplay of heraldry.

Alternative forms

coronal, coronel, coronell, cronal, cronall, cronell

Further reading

cronel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Lorenc, cloner, cornel

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