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A star of five straight points, and the cadency mark of a third son.
Also known as: Molet, Star (heraldic)
The heraldic star: five straight points by default. Distinguished carefully from the estoile, which has six wavy points. A mullet pierced with a round hole is a spur-rowel, which is where the name comes from.
A star of five straight points unless the blazon states another number; the name derives from the French molette, a spur-rowel.
Distinguished from the estoile, which has six points and wavy rays; the distinction is consistently observed in English blazon.
Serves as the English cadency mark of a third son.
England
A five-pointed star with straight edges and a point uppermost.
A mullet has five straight points, an estoile six wavy ones; the two are constantly interchanged.