urdé

alternative urdy · alternative urdée

1. not comparablegovernmentPointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.

   Badge : A Cross-urdé resting on wreath of laurels and oak banded gold.

   1915, The Autocar

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   A cross urdé seems to be the same with what we otherwise call chleche, or chlechée. See CHLECHE.

   1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica or a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences …

   The sacred monogram is engraved on the bowl, the top of the letter I forming a cross urdé.

   1891, Surrey Archaeological Society, Surrey Archaeological Collections: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, page 344

   The decoration consists of a cross urdé enamelled white with gold edges, resting on a wreath of laurel and oak enamelled green . In the centre, edged with gold, is a circular plaque enamelled crimson bearing the cypher […]

   1919, Henry Taprell Dorling, Ribbons and Medals: Part 1-2, page 37

   In heraldry, as many as 285 varieties of cross have been recognized, but the twelve in ordinary use, and from which the others are derived, are: (1) The ordinary cross; (2) the cross humetté, or couped; (3) the cross urdé[…]

   1923, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, page 301

   Synonyms: aiguisé