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dancette

[ dan-set ]

noun

Architecture.
  1. an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.


dancette

/ »åɑ˲Ôˈ²õÉ›³Ù /

noun

  1. another name for chevron
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Origin of dancette1

1830–40; variant of »å²¹²Ô³¦±ð³Ù³Ùé, heraldry term denoting a zigzag line, probably alteration ( -ette ) of French »å±ð²Ô³¦³óé indented < Late Latin »å±ð²Ô³Ù¾±³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ, derivative of Latin »åŧ²Ô²õ tooth ( -ic, -ate 1 )
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Example Sentences

Dancette, like indented, but larger, and consisting of only three pieces.

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The front is carved with five geometrical “windows†of four lights each; and the ends of the front have three carved square panels, divided by bands of dancette ornament.

From

Corncrix Party per pale, a pale; first, gules, a fesse dancette, sable; second, vert, bendy, lozengy, purpure cottised with nodules of the first; third, sable, three billets bendwise in fesse, or: sur tout de tout, a barber's pole cockbilled on a sinking gasometer, all proper.

From

In early blazon, a fesse dancetté is styled simply “a dancette†or “a danse.â€

From

Thus, for Deincourt, No. 146—Az., billettée, a fesse dancette or.

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