tressure

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/ˈtɹɛsjʊə(ɹ)//ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

noun

A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.

OriginMiddle English tressour ← Old French tressure →
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Meanings

nountressure (plural tressures)

plural tressures

  1. governmentA narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.

    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": […].

    1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480

Origin

  1. Old Frenchtressure
  2. Middle Englishtressour
  3. Englishtressure

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

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Translations

Spanish trechor
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Cite this entry
APA

tressure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tressure

MLA

“tressure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tressure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tressure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tressure.

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