eclipsed

English

Azure, a sun eclipsed (in heraldry).

Verb

eclipsed

1. simple past and past participle of eclipse

Adjective

eclipsed (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of a sun) With its disc sable (or, modernly, of another specified tincture).
   • 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 558:

     Or, on a pile azure, between two lions rampant combatant in base gules, the sun in splendour proper - PEARSON, Co. Lincoln. [...] Argent, a sun eclipsed issuing out of the dexter chief, the beams or - WELDAY, Wheelhurst.

Anagrams

• pedicels, pedicles