cottise

Etymology
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Noun

 * 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.

Usage notes

 * A cottise, under that name, is typically not borne alone (a thin line borne alone may be termed a cost); it typically occurs only in pairs around another ordinary.

Verb

 * 1)  To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.