单词 | potentée |
释义 | potentéeadj. Heraldry. Having lines or edges formed into T-shapes. Cf. potent n.1 4, potent adj.2 ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > potent potenta1586 potence1602 potented?1828 potentée?1828 ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. N1v/1 Bend potentée, like the bend patée, is formed by one limb of the cross potent issuing from the sides. 1889 in C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry Potented or potentée, applied to ordinaries when the outer edges are formed into potents. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 317/1 Eleven varieties of lines, other than straight lines, which divide the shield, or edge our cheverons, pales, bars and the like, are pictured in the heraldry books and named as engrailed, embattled, indented, invected, wavy or undy, nebuly, dancetty, raguly, potenté, dovetailed and urdy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1828 |
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