Dictionary entry

Nombril

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Nom″bril (?), n. [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i.e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See Navel.] (Her.) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; — called also navel point. See Escutcheon.