billety

[bil-i-tee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Heraldry.

semé of billets.
azure, billety or.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of billety¹

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

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Example Sentences

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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.”