n. Heraldry The point on an escutcheon between the fess point and the base point; the midpoint in the lower half of the escutcheon. [French, from Old French, from (u)n ombril, (a) navel, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus, from Latin, diminutive of umbilīcus; see nobh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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