Braced. Interlaced.
Breys. Barnacles, q.v.
Brisure, or Brizure. Any difference or mark of cadency.
Buckle. See Fermaile.
Burgonet. A helm worn in the sixteenth century.
Cabossed, or Caboshed. The head of a stag, or other horned animal, represented full-faced, so as to show the face only: [No. 170]. In the case of a lion or leopard when the head is so represented it is termed the face.
Cadency, Marks of. Figures and devices, introduced into armorial compositions, in order to distinguish the different members and branches of the same family. (See Difference, and [Chapter XII.])
Cadet. A junior member or branch of a family.
