delf
A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple…A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.
Meaning
2 sensesA charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.
two delves gules
(UK, archaic, dialectal)A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
Origin
From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercoursFrom Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ġedelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”). More at delve.
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