English
kleestengel
Kleestengel comes from German Kleestengel.
- Germanc. 1650–presentKleestengel
- Englishearliest quotation 1987kleestengel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentKleestengel
- Englishearliest quotation 1987kleestengel
Earliest quotation: 1987, Madeline Harrison Caviness: “Gules an eagle argent with "Kleestengel" and a crescent…”
Every English word from German Kleestengel
Today it means
noun One of a pair of ornaments extending from the chest outward along the wing-bone of a bird, terminating in a trefoil, chiefly in German heraldry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Kleestengel / kleestengel