botonée

American

[bot-n-ey, bot-n-ey] / ˈbɒt nˌeɪ, ˌbɒt nˈeɪ /

Also botonnée,

adjective

Heraldry.

(of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil.

cross botonée.

Etymology

Origin of botonée

1565–75; < Middle French: covered with buds, equivalent to boton bud, button + -ée; -ee

Example Sentences

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Small Crosses Botonée are occasionally used as these “Crosses-Crosslets,”—as at Warwick in the arms of the Beauchamps, the Earls of Warwick.

From Project Gutenberg

Cross, that is, “fixable” in the ground; No. 110 is an example of a Cross Botonée Fitchée.

From Project Gutenberg

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