See Also: mascle(dictionary)

mascle (iou)



mascle noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman from Anglo-Latin ma(s)cula alt. of Latin macula MAIL noun2 by assoc. with MASK noun1.]
A spot, a speck. Only in ME.
The mesh of a net. ME-L17.
Heraldry. A charge in the form of a lozenge with a lozenge-shaped opening through which the field appears. LME.
Hist. Any of the perforated lozenge-shaped plates of metal fastened to the outer surface of 13th-cent. military tunics. E19.
mascled adjective covered with mascles LME.