brisure
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French brisure, from briser (“to break”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brisure (plural brisures)
- Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
- (heraldry) A mark of cadency or difference.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for brisure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brisure f (plural brisures)
- chip (small broken piece of material)
Further reading[edit]
- “brisure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
brisure f
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