gringolée

adjective

grin·​go·​lée

¦griŋgə¦lā

of a cross

: having at the end of each arm a pair of serpent heads with each head turned outward

a cross gringolée in his heraldic escutcheon

Word History

Etymology

French gringolé, from gringole serpent's head

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