mascle noun. ['mɑ:sk(ǝ)l] ME.
[Anglo-Norman from Anglo-Latin ma(s)cula alt. of Latin macula MAIL noun² by assoc. with MASK noun¹.]
1. A spot, a speck. Only in ME.

2. The mesh of a net. ME-L17.

3. Heraldry. A charge in the form of a lozenge with a lozenge-shaped opening through which the field appears. LME.

4. Hist. Any of the perforated lozenge-shaped plates of metal fastened to the outer surface of 13th-cent. military tunics. E19.

■ mascled adjective covered with mascles LME.

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