a. Her. Also 6 fusile, 7 fusillee, 8 fusilley, 9 fusilé, [a. OF. fuselé, f. fusel: see FUSIL1.] Of a field: Covered with fusils (see FUSIL1 1).
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 116. He beareth Azure, two Pillers in pile fusile Dargent, in chiefe a Crowne de Or.
1634. Peacham, Gentl. Exerc., III. 149. Fusillee is like unto Masculy, but your fusils must be made long and small in the middle.
1711. Hearne, Collect. (O. H. S.), III. 165. The old Manner of Ingrailing in Arms is like Fusilley.
1825. Gentl. Mag., XCV. I. 309. The Tabley family, whose armorial ensign was; Argent, a pale fusilè Sable.
1864. Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., viii. 35. In a Field Fusilly … the divisions are narrower than in Lozengy.
b. Fusil-shaped.
1860. J. Hewitt, Anc. Armour, II. 235. The rowels … may be divided into three kinds—the star shaped, the indented, and the fusilly.
