cantonné

See also: cantonne

French

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Participle

cantonné (feminine cantonnée, masculine plural cantonnés, feminine plural cantonnées)

  1. past participle of cantonner

Adjective

cantonné (feminine cantonnée, masculine plural cantonnés, feminine plural cantonnées)

  1. (heraldry) surrounded (speaking of a cross).
    • D'argent à la croix potencée d'or cantonnée de quatre croisettes du même, qui est de Jérusalem.
      Argent, a cross potent or surrounded by four crosslets of the same, which is of Jerusalem.
    • 1861, Nouvelle encyclopédie théologique, page 649:
      Bouer de sinople, au sautoir d'argent, chargé de cinq fleurs de lis d'azur, cantonné de quatre têtes de taureau d'or.
      Bouer vert, a saltire argent charged with five fleurs-de-lis azure, surrounded by four bull's heads or.

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