botonée

[ bot-n-ey, bot-n-ey ]

adjective

, Heraldry.

1. (of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil:

   cross botonée.

Word History and Origins

Origin of botonée¹

1565–75; < Middle French: covered with buds, equivalent to boton bud, button + -ée; -ee

Example Sentences

Small Crosses Botonée are occasionally used as these “Crosses-Crosslets,”—as at Warwick in the arms of the Beauchamps, the Earls of Warwick.

From Project Gutenberg

Cross, that is, “fixable” in the ground; No. 110 is an example of a Cross Botonée Fitchée.

From Project Gutenberg