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a) covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister
The coats of various noble British families were originally fretty, but later simplified to a single fret
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Fretty — Fret ty, a. [See 5th {Fret}.] Adorned with fretwork. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fretty — fretty1 /fret ee/, adj., frettier, frettiest. fretful; irritable; peevish. [1835 45; FRET1 + Y1] fretty2 /fret ee/, adj. Heraldry. covered with criss crossed and interlacing diagonal strips: argent, fretty sable. [1555 65; < MF frette, deriv. of… … Universalium
fretty — I. ˈfred.ē, etē, i adjective Etymology: Middle English frette, from Middle French freté, from Old French, past participle of freter to decorate with interlaced designs more at fret 1. heraldry : covered with narrow bands interlacing saltirewise 2 … Useful english dictionary
fretty — adj. worried, anxious, fretful; irritable; annoyed, peevish adj. covered with crisscrossed and interweaving diagonal interwoven lines; decorated with fretwork … English contemporary dictionary
fretty — fret·ty … English syllables
tripartite and fretty — Heraldry. (of a cross) having the limbs divided into three longitudinal strips each, intermingled in the manner of those in a cross parted and fretty. * * * … Universalium
tripartite and fretty — Heraldry. (of a cross) having the limbs divided into three longitudinal strips each, intermingled in the manner of those in a cross parted and fretty … Useful english dictionary
parted and fretty — adjective see parted and fretted … Useful english dictionary
Variation of the field — In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture or a simple division of the field. Contents 1 Patterning with ordinaries and subordinaries 1.1… … Wikipedia
County Borough of Bury — Bury Motto: Vincit Omnia Industria (Industry overcomes all things) Bury Town Hall Geography … Wikipedia
