brisure

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/

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/bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/ · /bɹɪˈʒʊə(ɹ)/

Definition of brisure

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noun

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noun

Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
A mark of cadency or difference.

“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[…]”
“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.”

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From French brisure, from briser (“to break”).

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