2.A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
3.A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
4.A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
5.(Her.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
6.A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
7.(Gothic Arch.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a square form, as in the illustration.
8.In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
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