formé, -ée, a. Her.
(ˈfɔːmeɪ)
Also anglicized formy.
[a. F. formé, formée, pa. pple. of former to form.]
Of a cross: Narrow in the centre and broad at the extremities: = pattée.
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry ii. vii. (1660) 80 Gules, a Cheuvron between ten Crosses, Formee, Argent. 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry ii. 9 Crosse Forme or Patee. 1828–40 Berry Encycl. Her. I, Formé or Formy, the same as pattée. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xxi. §1 (ed. 3) 356 Four crosses formées fitchées. |