a. [f. LABEL sb.1 and v. + -ED.] a. Her. Of a mitre: Having labels or infulæ (of a particular tincture). Labelled line (see quot. 1753). b. Arch. Having a label or dripstone. c. Marked with a ticket bearing the name, description of contents, etc., of the article.
1570. Levins, Manip., 49/37. Labelled, infulatus.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Labelled line, in heraldry, a term used by some to express the line in certain old arms, called more usually urdee or champagne. Others apply the same word to express the patee or dovetail line, called also the inclave line by Morgan.
1841. R. P. Ward, De Clifford, II. x. 115. A castle … with … its towers, and labelled windows.
1863. Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., xxi. 358. Arg., on a cross sa., a mitre labelled or.
1895. Bookseller’s Catal., Leech himself in a nightcap sitting by the fire with a labelled bottle on the mantelshelf.
