tressure

tressure
tressured, adj.
/tresh"euhr/, n.
1. Heraldry. a narrower diminutive of the orle, usually ornamented with fleurs-de-lis at the edges and often doubled.
2. Numis. an ornamental border enclosing the type on a coin or medal.
[1275-1325; late ME < MF, equiv. to tress(er) to braid, plait (deriv. of tresse TRESS) + -ure -URE; r. ME tressour < MF tresseor, tressoir]

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