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Tenne or Tawny. An Orange roundel, not used in British Heraldry

Tincture. Includes all colors used in coat armor, as well as metals

Torteau. A red roundel. See Plate XIII

Transposed. When bearings are placed out of their propef position

Trefoil. See Plate XV

Tressure. Half the breadth of the Orle. It follows the shape of the shield, and is generally borne double, sometimes treble ; and is flory and counterflory. See Plate XIX for Double Tressure

Trippant. Applied to beasts of the chase, the same as passant is to beasts of prey

Truncated. When the main stem of a tree is cut off smooth

Tusked. When the tusks are borne of a different tincture to the body