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BRETESSED [1 record]

Record 1 2010-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

In blazon, referring to an ordinary that is embattled symmetrically on both sides.

CONT

Azure on a fess bretessed between in chief two hunting horns and in base a church steeple Argent, a bar wavy Vert.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Dans le blason, se dit d'une pièce qui est crénelée symétriquement sur ses deux côtés.

CONT

D'azur à la fasce bretessée d'argent chargée d'une burèle ondée de sinople, accompagnée en chef de deux cors de chasse et, en pointe, d'un clocher d'église, le tout d'argent.

Spanish

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