tressure

[ tresh-er ]

/ ˈtrɛʃ ər /

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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 tressetress) + -ure-ure; replacing Middle English tressour<Middle French tresseor, tressoir

OTHER WORDS FROM tressure

tressured, adjective

Words nearby tressure

treponematosis, treponemiasis, trespass, tress, tressed, tressure, tressy, tres-tine, trestle, trestle table, trestletree

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How to use tressure in a sentence

The same rule, by the way, applies to the tressure, but not to the orle.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Tres′sured, having a tressure: arranged in the form of, or occupying the position of, a tressure.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
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
Your forchoon is maid and you git part of a big tressure if you do exackly as told.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters|Charles Henry Lerrigo

Wishart; over all on an escutcheon or, a lion rampant sa., within a double tressure flory counterflory of the second.
English Heraldic Book-stamps|Cyril Davenport

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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