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Definition of escutcheon
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Escutcheon
(n.) The
depression
behind
the beak of
certain
bivalves;
the
ligamental
area.
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Point
::
Point (n.) One of the
several
different
parts of the
escutcheon.
See
Escutcheon.
Palet
::
Palet (n.) A
perpendicular
band upon an
escutcheon,
one half the
breadth
of the
pale..
Dancette
::
Dancette
(a.)
Deeply
indented;
having
large
teeth;
thus, a fess
dancette
has only three teeth in the whole width of the
escutcheon..
Couche
::
Couche
(v. t.) Not
erect;
inclined;
-- said of
anything
that is
usually
erect,
as an
escutcheon..
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..
Abatement
::
Abatement
(n.) A mark of
dishonor
on an
escutcheon.
Couche
::
Couche
(v. t.) Lying on its side; thus, a
chevron
couche
is one which
emerges
from one side of the
escutcheon
and has its apex on the
opposite
side, or at the fess
point..
Gyronny
::
Gyronny
(a.)
Covered
with
gyrons,
or
divided
so as to form
several
gyrons;
-- said of an
escutcheon..
Lozenge
::
Lozenge
(n.) A
diamond-shaped
figure
usually
with the upper and lower
angles
slightly
acute,
borne upon a
shield
or
escutcheon.
Cf.
Fusil..
Abyss
::
Abyss (n.) The
center
of an
escutcheon.
Coward
::
Coward
(a.) Borne in the
escutcheon
with his tail
doubled
between
his legs; -- said of a lion.
Supporter
::
Supporter
(n.) A
figure,
sometimes
of a man, but
commonly
of some
animal,
placed
on
either
side of an
escutcheon,
and
exterior
to it.
Usually,
both
supporters
of an
escutcheon
are
similar
figures..
Lozenge
::
Lozenge
(n.) A form of the
escutcheon
used by women
instead
of the
shield
which is used by men.
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.
Shield
::
Shield
(n.) The
escutcheon
or field on which are
placed
the
bearings
in coats of arms. Cf.
Lozenge.
See
Illust.
of
Escutcheon.
Marshaling
::
Marshaling
(n.) The
arrangement
of an
escutcheon
to
exhibit
the
alliances
of the
owner.
Quartter
::
Quartter
(v. t.) To
arrange
(different
coats of arms) upon one
escutcheon,
as when a man
inherits
from both
father
and
mother
the right to bear
arms..
Armorial
::
Armorial
(a.)
Belonging
to
armor,
or to the
heraldic
arms or
escutcheon
of a
family..
Pale
::
Pale (n.) One of the
greater
ordinaries,
being a broad
perpendicular
stripe
in an
escutcheon,
equally
distant
from the two
edges,
and
occupying
one third of it..
Escutcheon
::
Escutcheon
(n.) A
marking
upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the
perineum),
formed
by the hair
growing
upward
or
outward
instead
of
downward.
It is
esteemed
an index of
milking
qualities..
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