Her. [a. OF. estoile, mod.F. étoile.] Also 7 estile. A common charge in the form of a star with wavy points or rays.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 114. Three cressants and as many Estoiles montans of the seconde: borne by the name of Dillon.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies (1840), II. 79. His [John Gwillim’s] industry … about stars (but here we must call them estoiles).
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. 16/2. A Star … is better in Blazon to be termed an Estile or Estoile.
1763. Brit. Mag., IV. 303. A chevron between three estoils, sable.
1864. Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., ix. 47. The Mullet essentially differs from the Estoile the rays of which are always wavy.
