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dancette

[ dan-set ]

noun

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


dancette

/ ɑːˈɛ /

noun

  1. another name for chevron
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dancette1

1830–40; variant of 岹Գٳé, heraldry term denoting a zigzag line, probably alteration ( -ette ) of French Գé indented < Late Latin Գپٳܲ, derivative of Latin ŧԲ tooth ( -ic, -ate 1 )
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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In early blazon, a fesse dancetté is styled simply “a dancette” or “a danse.”

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

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