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brisure|brizyr, ˈbrɪʒ(j)ʊə(r)|
Also brizure.
[a. F. brisure fracture, breakage; also used in the heraldic and military senses. See also brusure.]
1. Her. A variation of, or addition to, a coat of arms, marking the relation of a younger branch of the family to the main stock; a difference.
1623Favine Theat. Hon. i. i. 11 The plaine Paternall Armes, without any Brisure. 1868Cussans Hand-bk. Her. xxiv. 299 The Bordure Compony was formerly employed as a Brisure to indicate illegitimate descent.
2. Fortif. A break in the general direction of a rampart or parapet; spec. of the parapet of the curtain adjacent to a bastion constructed with orillons.
1706Phillips, Brisure, a Line drawn from four to five Fathom, which is allow'd to the Courtin and Orillon, to make the hollow Tower, or to cover the conceal'd Flanks. 1836Penny Cycl. V. 439/2.
†3. Variant of brusure. Obs. |