tressure
Americannoun
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Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.
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Numismatics. an ornamental border enclosing the type on a coin or medal.
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Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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The arms of House Poole were a blue plate on white, framed by a grey tressure.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
For the Stouts, chevrony russet and gold, for Slate, a grey field within a double tressure white.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The arms of Scotland exhibit an example of a double tressure flory and counter-flory, as exhibited in the shield on the title-page of this Manual.
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
His arms are engraven on the front o't—three cushions within the double tressure.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
The tressure is a border at some distance from the edge of the field, half the breadth of an orle: the tressure may be double or treble.
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
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