debruise

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debruise (third-person singular simple present debruises, present participle debruising, simple past and past participle debruised)

  1. (heraldry) To partially obscure one charge with another.
    • 1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco:
      STEPANOV -1- A : Per bend argent and gules, a lion rampant contourne proper; surtout on the sinister three costs azure the second and third debruising and clenched in the lion's forepaws. M: Gules lined argent.