[ad. F. verdoyé, pa. pple. of verdoyer: see next.]
† A. sb. = VERDURE 3. Obs.–1
1542. Test. Ebor. (Surtees), VI. 166. Item v peces of verdoyes for hanginges.
B. adj. Her. Of a bordure: (see quots. 1562 and 1610).
1562. Leigh, Armorie, 190 b. The sixte [emborduring] is called Verdoye, as when it is occupied with frewtes, leaues, or slippes.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, I. v. (1611), 20. This terme Verdoy is appropriated to all bordures charged with leaues, flowers, fruits, and other the like vegetables. [Hence in Phillips (1658), and in later Dicts.]
1661. Morgan, Sph. Gentry, II. vi. 62. Sable, a bordure or, charged with Verdoy of Trefoiles sliped to the number of eight.
1725. Fam. Dict., s.v. Bordure, If a Bordure be charg’d with any Parts of Plants or Flowers, they say Verdoy of Trefoils, or whatever Flower it be.
1882. Cussans, Her. (1893), 68.
