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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.

Verb

1. 1
   To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc. transitive

Etymology

Compare French côté (“side”), Latin costa (“rib”).

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