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tressure

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tres⋅sure

[tresh-er]
–noun
1. Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.
2. Numismatics. an ornamental border enclosing the type on a coin or medal.

Origin:
1275–1325; late ME < MF, equiv. to tress(er) to braid, plait (deriv. of tresse tress ) + -ure -ure; r. ME tressour < MF tresseor, tressoir


tressured, adjective
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