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
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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
Tres′sured, having a tressure: arranged in the form of, or occupying the position of, a tressure.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The fabulous account of the tressure is that it was given by Charlemagne to Achaius, king of Scotland in the year 792, in token of alliance and friendship.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Felton bore “Gules two lions passant within a double tressure flory silver.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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