Heraldry "Hassles Gasslees"?

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I'm reading my kids a great book called 'The Midnight Folk' by John Masefield. A character, Sir Hassle Gassle, Bart., has a coat of arms described thus:

'The arms were three hassles gasslees, muzzly, and the supporters two gassles showing their teeth.'

Do these terms have any legitimate meaning? There is a lot of subtle humor in this book, so I'm inclined to think it is nonsense, but I know next to nothing about heraldry, so I figured I would ask anyway.

Thanks

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I'm reading my kids a great book called 'The Midnight Folk' by John Masefield. A character, Sir Hassle Gassle, Bart., has a coat of arms described thus: 'The arms were three hassles gasslees, muzzly, and the supporters two gassles showing their teeth.' Do these terms have any legitimate meaning? There is a lot of subtle humor in this book, so I'm inclined to think it is nonsense, but I know next to nothing about heraldry, so I figured I would ask anyway. Thanks

I'm afraid that the shield is all made up. Even the term 'muzzly' doesn't exist in heraldry, the correct term would be 'muzzled'.

Richard