cottise

Etymology

Compare French côté (“side”), Latin costa (“rib”).

noun

  1. (heraldry) 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.

verb

  1. (heraldry, transitive) To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.

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