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Definition of escutcheon
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Escutcheon
(n.) That part of a
vessel's
stern on which her name is
written.
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Escutcheon
::
Escutcheon
(n.) A thin metal plate or
shield
to
protect
wood, or for
ornament,
as the
shield
around
a
keyhole..
Marshal
::
Marshal
(v. t.) To
dispose
in due
order,
as the
different
quarterings
on an
escutcheon,
or the
different
crests
when
several
belong
to an
achievement..
Achievement
::
Achievement
(n.) An
escutcheon
or
ensign
armorial;
now
generally
applied
to the
funeral
shield
commonly
called
hatchment.
Field
::
Field (n.) The whole
surface
of an
escutcheon;
also, so much of it is shown
unconcealed
by the
different
bearings
upon it. See
Illust.
of Fess, where the field is
represented
as gules
(red),
while the fess is
argent
(silver)..
Base
::
Base (n.) The lower part of the
field.
See
Escutcheon.
Quartering
::
Quartering
(n.) One of the
different
coats of arms
arranged
upon an
escutcheon,
denoting
the
descent
of the
bearer..
Gules
::
Gules (n.) The
tincture
red,
indicated
in seals and
engraved
figures
of
escutcheons
by
parallel
vertical
lines.
Hence,
used
poetically
for a red color or that which is red..
Crestless
::
Crestless
(a.)
Without
a crest or
escutcheon;
of low
birth.
Armorial
::
Armorial
(a.)
Belonging
to
armor,
or to the
heraldic
arms or
escutcheon
of a
family..
Unsoutcheoned
::
Unsoutcheoned
(a.)
Destitute
of an
escutcheon.
Palewise
::
Palewise
(adv.)
In the
manner
of a pale or
pales;
by
perpendicular
lines or
divisions;
as, to
divide
an
escutcheon
palewise..
Counter-paly
::
Counter-paly
(a.) Paly, and then
divided
fesswise,
so that each
vertical
piece is cut into two,
having
the
colors
used
alternately
or
counterchanged.
Thus the
escutcheon
in the
illustration
may also be
blazoned
paly of six per fess
counterchanged
argent
and
azure..
Quarter
::
Quarter
(n.) One of the
divisions
of an
escutcheon
when it is
divided
into four
portions
by a
horizontal
and a
perpendicular
line
meeting
in the fess
point.
Couche
::
Couche
(v. t.) Not
erect;
inclined;
-- said of
anything
that is
usually
erect,
as an
escutcheon..
Shield
::
Shield
(n.) The
escutcheon
or field on which are
placed
the
bearings
in coats of arms. Cf.
Lozenge.
See
Illust.
of
Escutcheon.
Inescutcheon
::
Inescutcheon
(n.) A small
escutcheon
borne
within
a
shield.
Flanched
::
Flanched
(a.)
Having
flanches;
-- said of an
escutcheon
with those
bearings.
Escocheon
::
Escocheon
(n.)
Escutcheon.
Abatement
::
Abatement
(n.) A mark of
dishonor
on an
escutcheon.
Escutcheon
::
Escutcheon
(n.) The
depression
behind
the beak of
certain
bivalves;
the
ligamental
area.
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