单词 | pattée |
释义 | pattéeadj. Chiefly Heraldry. Of a cross: (formerly) †having splayed ends (obsolete); (subsequently) having limbs which are almost triangular, being very narrow where they meet and widening out towards the extremities, so that the whole resembles a square; = formy adj. 1. Usually as postmodifier. pattée-fitchée adj. having three wide triangular arms, and the fourth sharpened to (or terminating in) a point; cf. fitché adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > formée patent1486 pattée1486 formy1562 formed1592 formé1660 1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. c ii/b, in Bk. St. Albans (MED) He berith Sable a cros paty of Siluer [L. patentem; Fr. patee]. 1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. c ii/b, in Bk. St. Albans (MED) This cros patent is made dyuerse in the foote..And then hit is calde a cros patee fixible. c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 137 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 99 xv maner of crocis armis bere:..the iiij, paty in feir;..x fovrmie. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie 120 The fielde is Gules, a Cheuron betweene three crosses pattie [printed partie] dargent. 1616 T. Middleton Civitatis Amor sig. C2v The pectorall of blacke leather, with a crosse Paty of siluer thereon. 1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 251 With his right hand he supports a staff having a cross patteé at the top, and on his left arm is a shield, bearing Argent, a cross patteé gules. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry (1787) Dict. Patee, or Pattee,..This is said of a cross which is small in the center, and so goes on widening to the end. 1788 J. Ledyard Let. June in Journey through Russia (1966) 251 Cross pattee in gold with gules or stars. 1852 H. Schuyler Hist. National Flag U.S.A. 17 That of Stephen is fixed by the middle upon a staff, topped by a cross pattee (wider at the ends than in the middle). 1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 17 The Maltese Cross closely resembles a cross patée, except that each extremity has..an indentation. 1891 ‘Phil’ Penny Postage Jubilee 74 The next issue [of penny stamps] was in 1864... Instead of the upper angles having crosses pattée, letters were inserted. 1899 A. C. Fox-Davies Armorial Families (ed. 3) 384/1 A chevron chequy ermine and gules, between three crosses patée fitchée at the foot sable. 1919 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 34 240 They are plain Roman or slightly pattée, and both the crossbeam and the upright are jewelled. 1968 G. Spriggs Coat of Arms x. lxxiii. 3 Gules a chevron between ten crosses patee, six and four, argent (Berkeley). 2001 Newcastle (Australia) Herald (Nexis) 7 Apr. (News section) 5 It [sc. the Victoria cross] consists of a cross patté ensigned with the Royal Crest resting upon a scroll bearing the words For Valour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1486 |
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