Definition of Cottises

1. Noun. (plural of cottise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cottises

1. cottise [v] - See also: cottise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottises

cottas
cotted
cotter
cotter pin
cotter pins
cottered
cottering
cotterless
cotters
cottid
cottids
cottier
cottiers
cottise
cottised
cottises (current term)
cottising
cottoid
cottoids
cottolene
cotton
cotton-candy
cotton-dust asthma
cotton-fibre embolism
cotton-mill fever
cotton-picking
cotton-root bark
cotton-seed tree
cotton-wool
cotton-wool patches

Literary usage of Cottises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"... or, a bend sa. betw. two cottises engr. of the last. GAYTON, sa. an eagle displ. or.—Crest, three legs conjoined, in armour, flexed at the knee and ..."

2. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry by Thomas Robson (1830)
"When there are two, they are termed cottises, as in PI. 20, fig. 34, which shews a bend removed betw. two cottises; but when borne on each side of bend or ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1860)
"Sudeley, Arg., 3 eagles displayed in bend between 2 cottises arg. 6. ... On the altar-plate are these arms :— A fess between 2 cottises wavy ; imp. ..."

4. Gentleman's Magazine Library edited by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, Lady A C Bickley, Mrs Alice Bertha Merck Gomme (1902)
"... his legs crossed, with a lion at his feet; on his armour, three cinquefoils on a bend between two cottises dancette, which shows he was a Cooksey. ..."

5. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and by James William Edmund Doyle (1886)
"... (THOMAS of Woodstock); Il., Azure, a bend argent, between 2 cottises & 6 ... charged with 3 mullets gules, pierced vert, between 2 cottises & 6 ..."

6. The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Treswell, Augustine Vincent, William Camden, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1889)
"CREST.—An eagle with wings expanded preying on a coney, all proper. ARMS : Harl. 615.—Argent, a bend between two double cottises sable, ..."

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