FER DE FOURCHETTE

FER DE FOURCHETTE, in heraldry, a cross having at each end a forked iron, like that formerly used by soldiers 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. See HERALDRY.

Fer de Moulin, Milrude, 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.