Definition of Brisure. Meaning of Brisure. Synonyms of Brisure

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Definition of Brisure

Brisure
Brisure Bri*sure", n. [F.] 1. (Fort.) Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction. 2. (Her.) A mark of cadency or difference.

Meaning of Brisure from wikipedia

- are formed by adding to the arms small and incon****uous marks called brisures, similar to charges but smaller. They are typically placed on the fess...
- and fourth quarters are the arms of England, the second of Scotland, the third of Ireland. The anchor has been a brisure for Dukes of York since 1892....
- Scotland the most significant mark of cadency being the bordure, the small brisures playing a very minor role). Marks of cadency are mandatory in Scotland...
- of using their own personal arms alone, marked with a small shield as a brisure for the same reason. Divorced women may theoretically until remarriage...
- Dutch). WBOOKS (Zwolle, The Netherlands). ISBN 978-94-625-8000-8. The usual brisure for the Bourbons of Parma is a bordure gules charged with eight escallops...
- Lusignan (barruly argent and azure) with the addition of the chevrons as a brisure. For this reason certain authors have claimed that the house of Rochefoucauld...
- Galons d'ancienneté, or "Seniority Braid" (cloth braid chevrons nicknamed brisures > "breaks") worn on the upper sleeves awarded for each seven years of enlistment...
- marks called brisures, similar to charges but smaller. They are placed on the fess-point, or in-chief in the case of the label. Brisures are generally...
- A brisure in the form of plain label of three points Azure of the arms of the Princess of Asturias...
- debruised by the whole for brisure. The door at tower three encloses an outdoor ornament. Under Charles VII in 1452 the brisure changes for: a label of three...