ppl. a. Her. Also 7–9 bezantee. In 5 englished as besantid, besauntid. [a. F. besantée, f. besant, BEZANT.] Charged with or formed of bezants.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., C iij b. He berith gowles a cros besauntid.
c. 1630. Risdon, Surv. Devon, § 192 (1810), 206. These Vaultorts bear a border bezantee in their coat-armour.
1864. Boutell, Her. Hist. & Pop., xv. (ed. 3), 174. The brothers De La Zouche severally bear gules bezantée, and azure bezantée.
1877. Ll. Jewitt, Half-hrs. among Eng. Antiq., 194. The lion rampant within a bordure bezanty.
