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Webster 1913 Edition


Cleche


Cléˊché′

,
Adj.
[F.
cléché
.]
(Her.)
Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; – said of any heraldic bearing. Compare
Voided
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cleche

CLECHE

,
Noun.
In heraldry, a kind of cross, charged with another cross of the same figure, but of the color of the field.

Definition 2024


cléché

cléché

English

Adjective

cléché (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the colour of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible.

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