clechéclechéeadj.
/ˈklɛʃeɪ//ˈklɛtʃi/ Heraldry. Obsolete.
Of an ordinary: (according to most authors) Voided or pierced through with a figure of the same kind, so as to show the tincture of the field. (But see quots.)
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voided1572
pierced1610
cleché1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. v. 42 A Cross Sable surmounted of another Argenti Of Morgan l. 2. fo. 55 it is termed a Cross clechee..[it] differeth from the cross voided only in this that it hath ends, and the voided none.
1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Cleche (in Heraldry), when any Ordinary is pierced thro' with the same Figure.
1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Cleche, (in Heraldry) is any Ordinary pierced through with the same Figure.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) But..some other Writers, will have this piercing to be only a Circumstance of the Cross Cleché, and call it by the Name Vuidé, voided. The thing that denominates it Cleché, is its spreading from the Centre towards the Extremities, which are very wide, and end in an Angle in the middle.
1848 Gloss. Brit. Heraldry (at cited word) The arms of Sir Thomas Banaster..were argent, a cross clechée, sable, though some say he bore a cross pointed.
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