bretessé

/bɹɛt.əˈseɪ//bɹɛt.ɛsˈeɪ/

adjective

Embattled (as a bend, fesse, etc), especially if embattled-counterembattled on both sides with the projections coming opposite each other.

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adjectivebretessé (not comparable)

alternative brettessé · alternative bretessée · alternative bretessy

  1. not comparablegovernmentEmbattled (as a bend, fesse, etc), especially if embattled-counterembattled on both sides with the projections coming opposite each other.

    Synonyms: bretessed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveEmbattled (as a bend, fesse, etc), especially if embattled-counterembattled on both sides with the projections coming opposite each other.

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Origin

  1. Frenchbretessé
  2. Englishbretessé

From French bretessé.

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