gy·ron (j īr ən, -rän ′)
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n. Heraldry An ordinary in the form of a triangle issuing from the edge of the escutcheon and coming to a vertex at the fess point.
[Early Modern English, from Middle French giron, from Old French gerun, the part of a garment that hangs down (as in a pointed shape), tail or trimming of a garment, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gēro and Middle Dutch ghere, tail of a garment cut in a pointed shape.] |