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. sb. The edge of a coin milled or inscribed, to prevent clipping.
1697. Evelyn, Numism., vii. 225. The Circumscription about the Tranché or Edge.
