tressure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛsjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

tressure (plural tressures)

1. (heraldry) A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.
   • 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:

     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": […] .

Translations

Translations

Spanish: trechor f

Anagrams

• Steurers

Middle English

Noun

tressure

1. alternative form of tressour