engrail verb trans. [ɪn'greɪl, ɛn-] LME.
[Old French engresler (mod. engrêler) make thin, formed as EN-² + graisle, gresle (mod. grêle) thin from Latin gracilis.]
1. Chiefly Heraldry. Make small semicircular indentations in the edge of. Chiefly as engrailed pa. pple. LME.

2. Decorate with a border, metalwork, colours, etc. obsolete exc. poet. LME.

3. Indent, incise; sculpture in intaglio. M16-L18.

4. Give a serrated appearance to; roughen. L16.

■ engrailed adjective that has been engrailed; having the edge decorated with curvilinear indentations; (of a coin) having a series of such indentations or of raised dots around the margin: LME.

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