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‖ treflé, treflee, a. Her.|trɛˈfleɪ, -ˈiː|
Also 9 trefflee.
[F. tréflé having the form of a trefoil.]
Adorned with trefoils: either along one edge, as a bend treflé, or at the end of each arm, as a cross treflé (in the latter case = botoné). So ˈtrefled, ˈtreffled a. (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1725Coats New Dict. Her., Trefleé, a Cross Treeflé, is that whose Arms end in three Semicircles each representing the Trefoil or three-leav'd Grass. 1864Boutell Hist. & Pop. Her. xix. §5 (ed. 3) 314 A bend treflée vert. 1882Cussans Handbk. Her. viii. 130 Treflé, ensigned with Trefoils. The Arms of Saxony, borne by the Prince of Wales, afford an example of a Bend treflé. 1892Jrnl. Cork Hist. Soc. May 85 The special pattern of the cross is trefflee or trefoil. |