The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again[…]
Source: wiktionary
Brisure
//bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "brisure"
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But the bar (being a horizontal piece, a diminutive of the Fess), is not used like the French barre as a brisure for illegitimacy; a bar-sinister is an absurdity and impossibility.
Source: wiktionary
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