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Heraldic bearing
Answer for the clue "Heraldic bearing ", 8 letters:
tressure
Word definitions for tressure in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context heraldiccharge English) A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner, a pair being described as a double tressure.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tressure \Tres"sure\, n. [F. tresser to twist, plait. See Tress , n.] (Her.) A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.
Usage examples of tressure.
I said, patting my hair, which had come quite adrift from its tressure in the struggle.