debruise

American  

[duh-brooz, dee-] / dəˈbruz, di- /

verb (used with object)

Heraldry.

debruised, debruising

1. to overlay (a charge) other than an ordinary with an ordinary.

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Etymology

Origin of debruise

1250–1300; Middle English debrusen, debrisen to break down, crush < Old French debr ( u ) isier, equivalent to de- de- + bruisier to break; see bruise

Example Sentences

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debruised debruising

Argent, a lion rampant guardant gules, debruised by a fess azure.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

On a scutcheon of pretence in the centre, Argent, a lion ramp. gules, debruised with ragged staff, proper.

From Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The armorial bearings of the famous Constable were: Argent, a double-headed eagle, displayed, sable, crowned, or, debruised of a bend, gules.

From Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

Any animal that has an ordinary placed upon it is said to be debruised.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

De Cornewall, and Cornwall of Oxfordshire, bore the red lion of Poictou, debruised by a bend sable, charged with three bezants.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

The use of the bendlet sinister for the debruising of crests still exists in 192 England and Ireland, but crests are not usually differenced for any reason in Scotland.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.