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French
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Participle
cantonné (feminine cantonnée, masculine plural cantonnés, feminine plural cantonnées)
- past participle of cantonner
Adjective
cantonné (feminine cantonnée, masculine plural cantonnés, feminine plural cantonnées)
- (heraldry) surrounded (speaking of a cross).
- D'argent à la croix potencée d'or cantonnée de quatre croisettes du même, qui est de Jérusalem.
- Argent, a cross potent or surrounded by four crosslets of the same, which is of Jerusalem.
1861, Nouvelle encyclopédie théologique, page 649:Bouer de sinople, au sautoir d’argent, chargé de cinq fleurs de lis d’azur, cantonné de quatre têtes de taureau d’or.- Bouer vert, a saltire argent charged with five fleurs-de-lis azure, surrounded by four bull's heads or.
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