tressure

noun

tres·​sure

ˈtreshə(r)

plural -s

1

: a narrow orle usually enriched with fleurs-de-lis

2

: an inner encircling ornamentation on a coin or medal bordering the device

The plack … had as obverse a crowned shield in a tressure of arches …

—Coins, 1975

tressured

-(r)d

adjective

Word History

Etymology

Middle English tressour, from tressour, tressure band for the hair, headdress, from Middle French tresseor, tressure, from tresser to tress + -or, -ure

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