The state of being engrailed; an engrailed edge or pattern, or the result of the engrailing process.
Formed from 'engrail' plus '-ment' suffix, creating a noun describing the decorated state. Used in heraldic terminology to reference the specific border treatment of shields and coats of arms.
The term 'engrailment' appears in heraldic blazons (formal descriptions of coats of arms) as a way to precisely specify how a border should look—it's essentially the fashion language of medieval aristocracy.
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