blazons

Noun

blazon (countable and uncountable, plural blazons)

1. A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
   • ...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry
2. A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
   • The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480
3. A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
   • He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...]1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Fifth. The Court.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William...
4. Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
   • Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company.1709, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon several moral subjects

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