Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In permanent fortification, a break in the general direction of the parapet of the curtain, when constructed with orillons and retired flanks. Also spelled brizure.
  • noun In heraldry, same as cadency, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Fort.) Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
  • noun (Her.) A mark of cadency or difference.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
  • noun heraldry A mark of cadency or difference.

Etymologies

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French

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Examples

  • His father had a right to bear the arms of the Earls of Home, with a _brisure_, being the natural son of Alexander, tenth Earl of Home. [

    Historical Mysteries Andrew Lang 1878

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