In heraldry Fylfot

arms of leonard chamberlayne: argent chevron between 3 fylfots gules—drawn blazon given in ms. harleian, 1394

in modern heraldry texts fylfot typically shown truncated limbs, rather cross potent s had 1 arm of each t cut off. s known cross cramponned, ~nnée, or ~nny, each arm resembles crampon or angle-iron (compare winkelmaßkreuz in german).

examples of fylfots in heraldry extremely rare, , charge not mentioned in oswald barron s article on heraldry in 20th-century editions of encyclopædia britannica. twentieth-century example (with 4 heraldic roses) can seen in lotta svärd emblem.

parker s glossary of heraldry (see below) gives following example:

argent, chevron between 3 fylfots gules--leonard chamberlayne, yorkshire [so drawn in ms. harleian, 1394, pt. 129, fol. 9=fol. 349 of ms.]

(in lieu of image ms., modern rendering of blazon shown on right.)

even in last few centuries fylfot conspicuous absence grants of arms (understandably since 1945; see: swastika—stigma).