The Dacre knot, a type of decorative
unknot
In the mathematical theory of knots, the unknot, not knot, or trivial knot, is the least knotted of all knots. Intuitively, the unknot is a closed loop of rope without a knot tied into it, unknotted. To a knot theorist, an unknot is any embe ...
, is a
heraldic knot used primarily in English heraldry. It is most notable for its appearance on the Dacre family
heraldic badge, where its two lower dexter loops entwine a
scallop, and its two lower sinister loops entwine a log.
References
Decorative knots
Heraldic charges
Heraldic knots
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