An archaic or historical term for enamel or enameled metalwork, particularly in heraldry or decorative arts.
From Old French aumail, related to Old High German smalt (enamel). The word traveled through romance languages before entering English heraldic terminology.
This word is almost entirely lost to modern English, but it preserves an important craft—enameling—in its very name, showing how trade language from the Middle Ages got locked into heraldic terminology.
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