Her. 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. 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.
