[ANSTHRLD] Definitions of ....

[nweders at mail.utexas.edu]

At 01:00 PM 10/28/2005, you wrote:
>What are the following heraldic items?
>
>Quaver ------I couldn't find this but it could be aquiver mispelled or it 
>could be Queve which is having one's tail elevated over the head.
>
>Mistral - a wind from teh SOuth of France in the Lenguedoc area.  Closest 
>I found was in heraldic terms was a mi-taille which is an escutcheon cut 
>in half
>
>Chamfron--------A chamfrain or chamfron is armor for a horse
>
>Stocks -- could be a pictorial image of one, a couple of tree stumps (each 
>called a stock)  or if spelt stocke a falcon's rest.
>
>Zule - a chess rook
>
>And would a death's head be included in a beastiary? I would put in the 
>human category my self.
>
>A monk's hood? an article of clothing or a plant with dark bluish purple 
>flowers.
>


Clare