Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In heraldry, a fur of a tincture resembling ermine, except that the ground is or.
Examples
“On the dexter side, a griffin, per Fess, ermine and erminois: on the sinister, a wyvern, ermine: each gorged with a collar, fleury, counter fleury, and chained.”
Internet Archive: Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical
“On the sinister, a wolf erminois, each supporter gorged with a garland or chaplet of oak, Vert, fructed, Or. Motto.”
Internet Archive: Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical
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List of Heraldry Terms
Words and phrases used in blazoning heraldic devices, along with names and other terms associated with the art and science.
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Medieval heraldry...
or what I can remember of it.
gules, argent, or, azure, vert, fess, bend, sinister, chief, chevron, ermine, fleur-de-lys and 68 more...
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