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inescutcheons

inescutcheons is the plural of inescutcheon.

Meaning of inescutcheon

Noun

inescutcheon (plural inescutcheons)

  1. A small escutcheon (“coat of arms; shield”) (such as an escutcheon of pretence) which is charged (“represented”) on a larger escutcheon.
    • All the quartered Arms that I meet vvith belonging to Scottiſh Families, do not exceed ſix different Coats of Arms, vvhich are marſhalled after theſe three vvays, Plain Quartering, Quartering, and Counter-quartering, of vvhich I have treated and illuſtrate by Examples, vvith their Surtouts and...1718, Alexander Nisbet, “Of Arms of Alliances, with the Method of Marshalling Them and Others Quarterly”, in An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories; […], Edinburgh: […] William Adams...

Questions about inescutcheons

What is inescutcheons the plural of?
Inescutcheons is the plural of inescutcheon.

Words near inescutcheons in the dictionary

  1. inescation
  2. inescations
  3. inesculent
  4. inescutcheon
  5. inescutcheoned
  6. inescutcheons
  7. Ineseño
  8. inesite
  9. Inessa
  10. inessential
  11. inessentiality

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