tressure means A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
tressure is pronounced /ˈtɹɛsjʊə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From Middle English tressour, from a mixture of Old French tressure and tresseor. By surface analysis, tress + -ure.
noun
- A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.“The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].”