Bōt'ton-y, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. botoné, from botoner, to bud.] (Her.) Having a bud or button at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons.

Cross bottony (Her.), a cross having each arm terminating in three buds, knots, or buttons, resembling, in some measure, the three-leaved grass Burke.

A cross bottony is shown inside a shield.
Bottony. Henslow.