单词 | counter-debruised |
释义 | counter-debruisedadj.Categories » Heraldry: see debruised adj. at debruise v. 2. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmascounter-debruised 2. Heraldry. (transitive) To cross (a charge, esp. an animal) with an ordinary so as partially to hide it, and as it were press it down; usually in past participle debruised adj. also said of a serpent so bent or ‘folded’ that its head or tail is partly covered by its body. counter-debruised: see quot. 1830. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > place charge on [verb (transitive)] > cover or surmount by ordinary charge debruise1572 oppress1869 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 114 His fielde is de Argent, a Lyon salient Gules, debrused with a Barre de Azure. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry ii. i. 10 Composed of the two bodies of trees laid crosse each other: but then one must Debruse and bear down the other. 1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Counter-debruised, when either the head or tail of a serpent in the bowing or embowing, is turned under, in a contrary direction the one to the other. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 252 He..exhibited on his escutcheon the lions of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister under which, according to the law of heraldry, they were debruised in token of his illegitimate birth. < adj. as lemmas |
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