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tressure

/ˈtɹɛsjʊə(ɹ)/

tressure noun: a narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.

Noun

tressure (plural tressures)

  1. A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.
    • The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480

Forms of tressure

pluraltressures

Origin of tressure

From Middle English tressour, from a mixture of Old French tressure and tresseor. By surface analysis, tress + -ure.

Words formed from tressure

Questions about tressure

What does tressure mean?
Tressure means a narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.
What part of speech is tressure?
Tressure is a noun.
How do you pronounce tressure?
Tressure is pronounced /ˈtɹɛsjʊə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of tressure?
The plural of tressure is tressures.

Words near tressure in the dictionary

  1. tressing
  2. Tressler
  3. Tresslers
  4. tressless
  5. tresslike
  6. tressure
  7. tressured
  8. tressures
  9. tressy
  10. Trester
  11. Tresters

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