millrind

noun

variants or millrynd

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗

1

: an iron support fixed across the hole in the upper millstone of a grist mill

2

heraldry : a conventional or stylized representation of the millrind of a millstone: such as

a

or millrind cross : cross moline

b

: a rectangle, square, or lozenge, voided or pierced, with two projections angling or curving out from the upper side and two from the lower side

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