Etymograph

English

accolé

Accolé comes from French accolé.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentaccolé
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1896same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentaccolé
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1896same form

Earliest quotation: 1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry: “[…] and those of his heiress-wife; under the mistaken…”

Today it means

adj Crescent-shaped.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French accolé / accolé