Gēm'el, n.

noun

n. [Lat. gemellus, twin, doubled, diminutive of geminus; O. Fr. gemel, gemeaux, N. Fr. jumeau, Pr. gemel, It. gemello, Sp. gemelo, Pg. gemeo. See GEMINOUS.] (Her.) A pair.

Two gemels, silver, between two griffins passant. Strype.

A shield bearing four pairs of narrow horizontal bars. — Bars-gemel.