Label

n. [Lat. labellum, dim. of labrum, lip, edge, margin, and hence tassel, shred, rag; Fr. lambeau, O. Fr. lambel, shred, strip, rag; W. llab, strip, stripe, llabed, label, flap; Gael. leab, leob, slice, shred, hanging lip; Ger. lappen, flap, patch, rag, tatter.]

1. A tassel. [Obs.] Huloet. Fuller.
2. A narrow slip of silk, paper, parchment, &c., affixed to any thing, denoting its contents, ownership, and the like; as, the label of a bottle, or a package.
3. A ribbon of silk, a slip of paper, parchment, &c., attached to a diploma or legal document to hold the appended seal.
4. Any paper annexed to a will by way of addition, as a codicil.
5. (Her.) A fillet with pendants or points, usually three.

The label with three pendants is added to the family arms by an eldest or only son while his father is still living.

6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes, and the like.
7. (Gothic Arch.) A projecting tablet or molding over doorways, windows, and elsewhere; — called also dripstone and hood-molding.