torteau

English

Etymology

From Old French torteau, tortel, from Latin tortus (“twisted”). See tort.

Noun

torteau (plural torteaus or torteaux)

  1. (heraldry) A roundel of a red colour (gules).

See also

metals main colours less common colours
tincture or argent gules azure sable vert purpure tenné orange sanguine
depiction
roundel (in parentheses: semé):
bezant (bezanty)
plate (platy)
(tortelly)
hurt (hurty)
pellet (pellety), ogress
pomme (pommy)
golpe (golpy)
orange (semé of oranges)
guze (semé of guzes)
goutte (noun) / gutty (adjective) thereof:
(goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold)
d'eau (of water)
de sang (of blood)
de larmes (of tears)
de poix (of pitch)
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil)



special roundel furs uncommon tinctures:
tincture fountain, syke: barry wavy argent–azure ermine ermines, counter-ermine erminois pean vair counter-vair potent counter-potent bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey
depiction

References

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.