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tressured

/ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)d/

tressured adjective: provided with or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure.

Adjective

tressured (not comparable)

  1. Provided with or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure.
    • These instances, to say nothing of the tressured lion of the Scottish kings, are enough to show the complete acceptance of heraldry in Scotland at that time.1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 24
    • When at sunrise the tressured lion was hoisted before the Lord-Lieutenant's pavilion, it was greeted by a salute of trumpets, and such a salute it was, in 1645, that first warned Argyll that Montrose, the King's Lieutenant,[…]1956, Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 216

Origin of tressured

From tressure + -ed.

Questions about tressured

What does tressured mean?
Tressured means provided with or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure.
What part of speech is tressured?
Tressured is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tressured?
Tressured is pronounced /ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)d/.

Words near tressured in the dictionary

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

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