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cottise

A cottise, or cottice, is a diminutive of an ordinary such as a bend, a pale or a fess, ¼ of the width of that ordinary. It never exists alone, but accompanies one of the ordinaries at all times. An ordinary is said to be cottised when it is set between a pair of cotises and an ordinary may be double or treble cottised with two or three cottises on either side. The cottises emphasize the significance of the ordinary and are usually applied to a bend.

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