bouterolle

English

Noun

bouterolle (plural bouterolles)

1. Alternative form of boterol

French

A representation of a bouterolle on a coat of arms.

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Noun

bouterolle f (plural bouterolles)

1. a boterol: chape, a crampet (on a scabbard); a representation of this in heraldry
   • 1866, A.F.J. Borel d'Hauterive, editor, Armorial général de France, page 307:

     D’azur , à une bouterolle d’argent.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. snap-head, tool placed on the shank of a rivet and struck to form and bend the rivet

References

• “bouterolle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.