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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; billet 2, -ee

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.”

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