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brisure

/bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/

brisure noun: any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

Noun

brisure (plural brisures)

  1. Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
  2. A mark of cadency or difference.
    • The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again[…]1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry ..., page 89
    • But the bar (being a horizontal piece, a diminutive of the Fess), is not used like the French barre as a brisure for illegitimacy; a bar-sinister is an absurdity and impossibility.1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 172

Forms of brisure

pluralbrisures

Origin of brisure

From French brisure, from briser (“to break”).

Questions about brisure

What does brisure mean?
Brisure means any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
What part of speech is brisure?
Brisure is a noun.
How do you pronounce brisure?
Brisure is pronounced /bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of brisure?
The plural of brisure is brisures.

Words near brisure in the dictionary

  1. Bristolians
  2. bristols
  3. Briston
  4. Bristou
  5. Bristow
  6. brisure
  7. brisures
  8. Brisvegan
  9. Brisvegans
  10. Brisvegas
  11. brisé

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