Plural of giron: in heraldry, a triangular shape occupying one corner of a shield, usually one of four triangles meeting at the center.
From French 'giron' (a triangular piece of cloth or a gusset), possibly from a Frankish source meaning 'gore' or triangular piece. The term entered English heraldry vocabulary through Norman French influence.
Medieval heraldry developed its own visual language—'girons' are one of the basic shapes that allowed knights to create complex family symbols, and each arrangement had specific meanings in the feudal system.
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