Cross moline

The name derives from its shape, which resembles a millrind, the iron clamp of the upper millstone, moline being the Old French for a mill.

It is very similar to one of the varieties of the "fer de moline" heraldic charge (literal French: "iron of a mill"), the forked tips of which, however, circle out slightly more, akin to the "cross recercelee".

It is borne both inverted and rebated, and sometimes "saltirewise" (i.e. in the form of a saltire).

As a result, it is widely used as an emblem by the monks and nuns of the Order of St. Benedict, which he founded.

[2][3][4] Over time, English and French heralds reinterpreted the term (sometimes even treating the various spellings as multiple words with different meanings); because many crosses sarcelly were also depicted voided, some writers later used the term to mean voided, applied it to animals to mean cut in half, or applied it to bordures meaning engrailed or indented.