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cottise /ˈkɒtɪs /(also cotise) noun HeraldryA narrow band adjacent and parallel to an ordinary such as a bend or chevron.It makes sense, though my impression is that cotises are much narrower than shown in the Maracon banner....- This variation has the sinister field in the prescribed ‘pale blue’, leaving the cotises in azure.
- The ‘double belting’ of the cottise is indicative not only of military service, but also of public office.
Derivatives cottised adjective ...- The gold potenté bend is an adaptation of the cottised bend on the arms of Champagne.
- The additions of the bar gemelle and the cottised fess are merely ‘differences’ familiar to modern heraldry but, on crests, unknown to early practice.
- The family crest is a field azure, chevrony doubly cottised, which means the field is blue, with very thin lines of ermine forming the shape of a chevron.
Origin Late 16th century: from French cotice 'leather thong'. |