bourdonnée

adjective

Having the ends terminating in rounded knobs like those on a pilgrim's staff; pommetty.

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adjectivebourdonnée (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentHaving the ends terminating in rounded knobs like those on a pilgrim's staff; pommetty.

    A shield of arms : bendy of six, over all a cross bourdonnée fitchée.

    1898, British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, page 185
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    Crest - Upon a crest coronet or, charged with a cross bourdonnée azure, a pelican argent, holding in the bill a nail or. Motto - "Sine labe nota." Residence - Henley House, Avenue Road, Regent's Park, N.W. PILKINGTON[…]

    1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 1282
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