Crined
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪnd
- IPA: /krʌɪnd/
Origin
From Old French crine ("hair of the head") (French crin) + -ed.
Full definition of crined
Adjective
crined
- (heraldry) Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, a crested bird called in Zemblan sampel (‘silktail’), closely resembling a waxwing in shape and shade, is the model of one of the three heraldic creatures (the other two being a reindeer proper and a merman azure, crined or) in the armorial bearings of the Zemblan King, Charles the Beloved