Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
nombril
(nom|bril)
Pronunciation:
/ˈnɒmbrɪl/
noun
Heraldry
the point halfway between fess point and the base of the shield.
Origin:
mid 16th century
: from French, literally 'navel'
More words in this category
argent
armed
bearing
bloody hand
cadency
coat armour
Earl Marshal
engrailed
escutcheon
Garter King of Arms
gorged
leopard
moline
pallet
3
pile
2
trefoil
vair
Nearby Words
nom de guerre
nom de plume
nom nom
nom.
noma
nomad
nomadic
nomarch
nomarchy
nombril
Nome
nome
nomen
nomenclature
nomenklatura
nominal
nominal account
nominal definition
nominal ledger