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English
Etymology
From French brisure, from briser (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/, /bɹɪˈʒʊə(ɹ)/
Noun
brisure (plural brisures)
- Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
- (heraldry) A mark of cadency or difference.
1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry ..., page 89:The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again […]
1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 172:But the bar (being a horizontal piece, a diminutive of the Fess), is not used like the French barre as a brisure for illegitimacy; a bar-sinister is an absurdity and impossibility.
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From briser + -ure.
Pronunciation
Noun
brisure f (plural brisures)
- chip (small broken piece of material)
Further reading
Italian
Noun
brisure f
- plural of brisura