FER DE FOURCHETTE

FER DE FOURCHETTE, in heraldry, a cross having at each end a forked iron, like that formerly used by foldiers to rest their muskets on. It differs from the cross-fourché, the ends of which turn forked, whereas

this has that sort of fork fixed upon the square end *.

FER de Mulin, Milrinds, Inke de Moulin, in heraldry, is a bearing supposed to represent the iron-ink, or ink of a mill, which sustains the moving mill-stone.