(heraldry, of a bend) Set between two cottises. / (heraldry, of a bar or fess) Set between two barrulets.

(heraldry) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend.

(heraldry, transitive) To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.

plural of cottise

present participle of cottise