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billety

American  
[bil-i-tee] / ˈbɪl ɪ ti /

adjective

Heraldry.
  1. semé of billets.

    azure, billety or.


Etymology

Origin of billety

1565–75; < French billetté; see billet 2, -ee

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Golden billets were scattered in Cowdray’s red shield, which is blazoned as “Gules billety gold,” and bezants in that of Zouche, which is “Gules bezanty with a quarter ermine.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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