The manual of heraldry : a concise description of the several terms used and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science / by Francis J. Grant (1914)
Grant, Francis James, Sir, 1863-1953 · Edinburgh : J. Grant · leaf 99
iated. An ordinary having a narrowborder of a different tincture is said tobe fimbriated. Ex. Azure, a bend gules, fimbriated FiTCHY. Is from the French word fiche^ fixed. It isgenerally applied to crosses which have their lowerbranch pointed, so that it could be fixed in the ground.See Cross…
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