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/bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/ · noun
Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction..
The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again[…]
But the bar (being a horizontal piece, a diminutive of the Fess), is not used like the French barre as a brisure for illegitimacy; a bar-sinister is an absurdity and impossibility.
Use brisure when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brisure means Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again[…]
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