Definitions for gyron

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gyron gy·ron

Spelling: [jahy-ruh n, -ron]

IPA: /ˈdʒaɪ rən, -rɒn/

Gyron is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in gyron (gnory).

Definitions for gyron

noun

1. a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.

Origin of gyron

1565-75; Middle French, Old French giron gusset Old High German gēro; cognate with gore³

Examples for gyron

If one of these triangles occur singly it is termed a gyron.

The gyron may be drawn in any part of the shield, but it is generally placed as in the annexed example.

The arms of Lanyon afford an example of the gyron as a charge, as does also the well-known shield of Mortimer (Fig. 209).