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scutcheon

UK/ˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/

scutcheon noun: an escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.

Noun

scutcheon (plural scutcheons)

  1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
    • But she againe him in the shield did smite / With so fierce furie and great puissaunce, / That, through his three-square scuchin piercing quite / And through his mayled hauberque, by mischaunce / The wicked steele through his left side did glaunce.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
  2. An escutcheon; a small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.

scutcheon meaning in Tamil

scutcheon in Tamil

கிடுகு, விருதுதாங்கிய கேடயம், குலவிருதுப்பட்டயம், மரபுச்சின்னம், சாவித்துளையில் சுழலும் காப்புத்தகடு, பெயர்ப்பட்டயம்

Forms of scutcheon

pluralscutcheons
alternative form'scutcheon

Origin of scutcheon

Aphetic form of escutcheon.

Words formed from scutcheon

Words that rhyme with scutcheon

Questions about scutcheon

What does scutcheon mean?
Scutcheon means an escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
What is scutcheon in Tamil?
Scutcheon in Tamil is கிடுகு, விருதுதாங்கிய கேடயம், குலவிருதுப்பட்டயம். See Scutcheon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scutcheon?
Scutcheon is a noun.
How do you pronounce scutcheon?
Scutcheon is pronounced /ˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of scutcheon?
The plural of scutcheon is scutcheons.

Words near scutcheon in the dictionary

  1. scutations
  2. scutch
  3. scutch grass
  4. scutch grasses
  5. scutched
  6. scutcheon
  7. scutcheoned
  8. scutcheonless
  9. scutcheons
  10. scutcher
  11. scutchers

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