noun.
In heraldry, the head of a boar, wolf, or bear, used as a bearing.
Word Usage
"Þe meidenes wið {} uten ȝif heo serueð ðe ancre also ase heo owen {;} hore hure schal beon ðe eche blisse of heouene. hwo {} so haueð eie hope touward so heie hure : gledliche wule heo seruen ⁊ lihtliche alle wo and alle teone þolien."