Her. Also 7 erron. surflewe. [Of unknown origin; perhaps f. suf- - SUB- 1 + FLUE sb.3] = CLARION sb. 2, REST sb.3 2 b.
1562. Legh, Armory, 88 b. Geules, three Sufflues Or, [borne] by the name of Verst.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 124 b. I haue harde some boldely affirme it to be called a Rest, where in deede it serueth to an other purpose, as to convey the winde from the Bellowes to all the pipes of the Organes: and by propre name is called a Sufflue.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies, Cornw. (1662), 210. What usually are termed therein Rests are called by some Criticks, Surflewes.
1682. J. Gibbon, Introd. ad Lat. Blazon., 56.
1849. Planché, in Jrnl. Brit. Archæol. Assoc., IV. 349.