tressure

[ tresh-er ]

/ ˈtrɛʃ ər /

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.

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Origin of tressure

1275–1325; late Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to tress(er) to braid, plait (derivative of tresse tress) + -ure -ure; replacing Middle English tressour < Middle French tresseor, tressoir

OTHER WORDS FROM tressure

tres·sured, adjective

Words nearby tressure

tres-tine, tresis, trespass, tress, tressed, tressure, tressy, trestle, trestle table, trestletree, trestlework

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Example sentences from the Web for tressure

Within this border is a representation of the full coat-of-arms of Scotland—a lion rampant, within a tressure flory counter-flory.
Royal English Bookbindings|Cyril Davenport
Two instances are known in which the decoration of the tressure has differed from the usual conventional fleurs-de-lis.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Here the tressure was gules, as in the Royal arms, although the field on which it was placed was vert.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
In 1471 there was a curious attempt of the Scottish Parliament to displace the tressure.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

This augmentation has been interpreted as a golden scocheon with the demi-lion within the Scottish tressure.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tressure

tressure

/ (ˈtrɛʃə, ˈtrɛsjʊə) /

noun

heraldry a narrow inner border on a shield, usually decorated with fleurs-de-lys

Derived forms of tressure

tressured, adjective

Word Origin for tressure

C14: from Old French tressour, from trecier to plait, from trece tress

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