Turning cratch

Turning cratch (Period)

Turning cratch (Period)

A turning cratch is a movable rack or crib, to hold fodder for feeding beasts out of doors.  It’s a period charge, found in the arms of Lamminger, 1605 [Siebmacher 89]; a slightly different form is found in the arms of von Hertenberg, c.1560 [BSB Cod.Icon 390:912].

Benedetta Meglino bears:  Sable, a turning cratch argent issuant from a trimount Or.

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