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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. OF.

debruisier

to shatter, break. Cf.

(Her.)

Surmounted by an ordinary;

as, a lion is

debruised

when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut

The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where

debruised

in token of his illegitimate birth.

Macaulay.

debruised ‎(not comparable)

(heraldry) Surmounted by an ordinary.
A lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.
- Macaulay
  The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they were debruised in token of his illegitimate birth.