cottise
verbEtymology From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.
cottise
nounEtymology From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte + -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”).
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.