a. Her. Also anglicized FORMY. [a. F. formé, formée, pa. pple. of former to FORM.] Of a cross: Narrow in the center and broad at the extremities: = PATTÉE.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, II. vii. (1660), 80. He beareth, Gules, a Cheuron between ten Crosses, Formee, Argent, and is the Coat of the Right Honourable George Lord Barkley.
1661. Morgan, Sph. Gentry, II. 9. Crosse Forme or Patee.
1828–40. Berry, Encycl. Her., I, Formé or Formy, the same as pattée.
1864. Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., xxi. § 1 (ed. 3), 358. Four crosses formées fitchées.
