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Webster 1913 Edition


Tressure

Tres′sure

,
Noun.
[F.
tresser
to twist, plait. See
Tress
,
Noun.
]
(Her.)
A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tressure

TRESS'URE

,
Noun.
In heraldry, a kind of border.

Definition 2024


tressure

tressure

English

Noun

tressure (plural tressures)

  1. (heraldry) A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner, a pair being described as a double tressure.

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