Viure

Quick meaning: Viure is a noun meaning (heraldry, rare) A thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.

Meaning

(heraldry, rare) A thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.

Example Sentences

[…] how are the viures to be tricked?

Viure, Wiure, or Wyer. These terms, according to several authorities, signify a very narrow fillet, generally nebuly, which may be placed in bend, in fess, or otherwise. We can point to but one instance of such a bearing, viz. the arms of Haidon, or Haydon, of Devon: argent , three bars gemels azure , on a chief gules a viure or. This is probably nothing but a wide line nebuly.

Word Forms

• viures

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include virole, countervair, vair, ribbon, welt, tressure.

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