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tressure
[ tresh-er ]
noun
- Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.
- Numismatics. an ornamental border enclosing the type on a coin or medal.
tressure
/ ˈtrɛsjʊə; ˈtrɛʃə /
noun
- heraldry a narrow inner border on a shield, usually decorated with fleurs-de-lys
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Derived Forms
- ˈtressured, adjective
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Other Words From
- tressured adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tressure1
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Example Sentences
The same rule, by the way, applies to the tressure, but not to the orle.
Tres′sured, having a tressure: arranged in the form of, or occupying the position of, a tressure.
Within this border is a representation of the full coat-of-arms of Scotland—a lion rampant, within a tressure flory counter-flory.
Your forchoon is maid and you git part of a big tressure if you do exackly as told.
Wishart; over all on an escutcheon or, a lion rampant sa., within a double tressure flory counterflory of the second.
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