bourdonnée

English

Or, a cross bourdonnée gules.

Adjective

bourdonnée (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of a cross) Having the ends terminating in rounded knobs like those on a pilgrim's staff; pommetty.
   • 1898, British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, page 185:

     A shield of arms : bendy of six, over all a cross bourdonnée fitchée.

   • 1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 1282:

     Crest - Upon a crest coronet or, charged with a cross bourdonnée azure, a pelican argent, holding in the bill a nail or. Motto - "Sine labe nota." Residence - Henley House, Avenue Road, Regent's Park, N.W. PILKINGTON […]

French

Participle

bourdonnée f sg

1. feminine singular of bourdonné