Meaning of sinople | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shade of red; sinoper.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
   countable, uncountable
4. Vert (green).
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.”

“Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]”

“This shield argent with three lions sinople (green) has remained the coat of arms of the House of Lannoy. The young knight built a home in the woods around the seigneurie of Lys.”

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