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Webster 1913 Edition


Cleche


Cléˊché′

,
Adj.
[F.
cléché
.]
(Her.)
Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; – said of any heraldic bearing. Compare
Voided
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cleche

CLECHE

,
Noun.
In heraldry, a kind of cross, charged with another cross of the same figure, but of the color of the field.