cottise

== English == === Alternative forms === cotise === Etymology === From Middle French cotice, costice, from côte +‎ -ice, from Latin costa (“rib”). === Noun === cottise (plural cottises) (heraldry) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge. ==== Usage notes ==== A cottise, under that name, is typically not borne alone (a thin line borne alone may be termed a cost); it typically occurs only in pairs around another ordinary. === Verb === cottise (third-person singular simple present cottises, present participle cottising, simple past and past participle cottised) (heraldry, transitive) To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc. === References === “cottise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “cottise”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Scottie