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cottise.

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.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. 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.

Where this word comes from

From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).

verb
  1. To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.