• (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.
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De·bruised' adjective [ Confer Old French
debruisier to shatter, break. Confer
Bruise .]
(Her.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is
debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut. « The lion of England and the lilies of France without th...
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In heraldry, debruised means surmounted by an ordinary. The term may be applied for example to a lion as being debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it. It is used as a symbol of illegitimacy.
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