tressure

[ tresh-er ]

noun

1. Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.
2. Numismatics. an ornamental border enclosing the type on a coin or medal.

tressure

/ ˈtrɛʃə; ˈtrɛsjʊə /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˈtressured, adjective

Other Words From

• tressured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tressure¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tressure¹

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

Example Sentences

The same rule, by the way, applies to the tressure, but not to the orle.

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Tres′sured, having a tressure: arranged in the form of, or occupying the position of, a tressure.

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Within this border is a representation of the full coat-of-arms of Scotland—a lion rampant, within a tressure flory counter-flory.

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Your forchoon is maid and you git part of a big tressure if you do exackly as told.

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Wishart; over all on an escutcheon or, a lion rampant sa., within a double tressure flory counterflory of the second.

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