patonce

Compare French patte d'once (“paw of an ounce”).

patonce (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; said of a cross.

• patoncy, patoncée, patoncé

patonce (plural patonces)

1. (heraldry) A cross whose four arms expand in curves from the centre, with floriated ends.

• “patonce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• caponet, potance