cottise

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noun

A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.

OriginMiddle French cotice ← Latin costa →
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Meanings

nouncottise (plural cottises)

plural cottises · alternative cotise

  1. governmentA diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.
verbcottise (third-person singular simple present cottises, present participle cottising, simple past and past participle cottised)

present singular third person cottises · participle present cottising · participle past cottised · past cottised · alternative cotise

  1. transitivegovernmentTo border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.

Origin

  1. Latincosta“rib”
  2. Middle Frenchcotice
  3. Englishcottise

From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).

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APA

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MLA

“cottise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cottise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottise.

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