botoné, -ée, -y Her.
(ˈbɒtəʊneɪ, -ɪ)
Also 7 bottony, 8 botonny.
[a. OF. botoné, mod.F. boutonné covered with buds.]
Having an ornament of three knobs or bud-like projections resembling a trefoil leaf; hence sometimes called trefoiled or treffled.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 64 b, S. beareth Sable, two Delphines d'Argent..betwene sixe Crosses Botony. 1760 Porny Heraldry (1777) Gloss., Botonny. 1827 Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 533 A cross botoné. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xv. (ed. 3) 182 The crosslets are botonée. |