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Tressure

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.

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tressure

n. (context heraldiccharge English) A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner, a pair being described as a double tressure.

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I said, patting my hair, which had come quite adrift from its tressure in the struggle.