fracted

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English

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Etymology

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From fract (to break) +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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fracted (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Having a part displaced or broken; said of an ordinary or other charge.
    • 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 136:
      Chevron. (Stafford.) 4. Chevron ployé. (Moll.) 7. Chevronels. (Clare.) 10. Chevron fracted. (Rozier de Linage.) 2. Chevron checquy. (Sempill.) 5. Chevron reversed. (Bulgarini.) 8. Chevron cotised. (Clutton.) []
    • 1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418: Illustrated with 830 Zinco Etchings from Effigies, Brasses and Coats of Arms, page 83:
      [] gules a chevron raguly fracted in the centre argent (F.)
    • 1908, Ralph Adams Cram, Christian Art: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to Current Church Building, American and Foreign, and the Allied Ecclesiological Arts, with Expert Discussions of All Topics Relating to Christian Archaeology, page 70:
      [] in base saltireways a pipe, bowl up, and a tomahawk, blade up and turned outward, the shaft fracted, all gules.
  2. Broken.

Usage notes

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  • In heraldry, broken ordinaries (especially chevrons) can be represented artistically and described in blazon in various ways; see examples at rompu.
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Verb

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fracted

  1. simple past and past participle of fract

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