ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Debruised

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Debruised is an adjective meaning (heraldry) Surmounted by an ordinary (or something else).

Meaning

(heraldry) Surmounted by an ordinary (or something else).

Example Sentences

A lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it.
Serpent, embowed, the head debruised, or surmounted of the tail; also blazoned, […]
The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they were debruised in token of his illegitimate birth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ruined, smashed, broken, shattered, blighted, disrupted.

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