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cottise

cottise noun: a diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.

cottise: a diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a...
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Noun

cottise (plural cottises)

  1. A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.

Verb

cottise (third-person singular simple present cottises, present participle cottising, simple past and past participle cottised)

  1. (transitive) To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.

Forms of cottise

Noun
pluralcottises
alternative formcotise
Verb
third-person singular presentcottises
present participlecottising
past participlecottised
pastcottised

Origin of cottise

From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).

Questions about cottise

What does cottise mean?
Cottise means a diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.
What part of speech is cottise?
Cottise can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cottise?
The plural of cottise is cottises.

Words near cottise in the dictionary

  1. cottiforms
  2. Cottingham
  3. Cottinghams
  4. Cottingley
  5. Cottis
  6. cottise
  7. cottised
  8. cottises
  9. cottising
  10. Cottle
  11. Cottle County

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