• (n.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. • (n.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.Couple-close...
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Cou'ple-close` noun ;
plural Couple-closes (-kl...'s...z).
1. (Her.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or...
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In architecture a couple-close is a pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.
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In heraldry, the couple-close is a diminutive of the chevron, containing one quarter of its surface. Couple- closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two
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a narrow chevron, one-quarter the usual breadth. · couple (def. 6).
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