‖ tranché, a. and n.2
(trɑ̃ʃe)
Also 7–8 tranche.
[F. tranché, pa. pple. of trancher to cut, trench v.]
A. adj. Her. Party per bend: see party a. 3.
| 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry ii. i. 3 Josep[h]s Coat,..divided as Adams Shield and Checquered with Black and White, or Tranche with averse and different providences. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Tranche, a Word used by the French Armorists... Our English Heralds Blazon it..per Bend Counterchanged. 1725 Coats Heraldry, Tranché, in the French way of Blazon is us'd absolutely, without any addition to denote that honourable Partition which we call Party per Bend Dexter. c 1828 Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. 1882 Cussans Handbk. Her. xxiv. (ed. 3) 316. |
B. n. The edge of a coin milled or inscribed, to prevent clipping.
| 1697 Evelyn Numism. vii. 225 The Circumscription about the Tranché or Edge. |