escutcheon

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From the middle of the plume rose a buckled strap, which reached to the angle of a rough wooden pitchfork, the handle of which was stuck in the ground, and from there descended to a hand, which held it To the left of the escutcheon was the figure of a woman, standing.

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  1. noun Heraldry A shield or shield-shaped emblem bearing a coat of arms.
  2. noun An ornamental or protective plate, as for a keyhole.
  3. noun Nautical The plate on the stern of a ship inscribed with the ship's name.
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  • One beautifully carved escutcheon, the finest armorial device I ever saw, he bought at this time and presented it in after years to the famous American connoisseur, Mrs. Jack Gardiner. —  The Story of My Life
  • From the middle of the plume rose a buckled strap, which reached to the angle of a rough wooden pitchfork, the handle of which was stuck in the ground, and from there descended to a hand, which held it To the left of the escutcheon was the figure of a woman, standing. —  The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
  • To the left of the escutcheon was the figure of a woman, standing. —  The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
  • For the rest their escutcheon is unstained. —  A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
  • 1706, on which is engraved the coat of arms of the family, — a lion rampant, bearing a helmet with a vizor closed on his back; an escutcheon, which is evidently of Norman origin, and won by some daring feat of arms, and which could only have been held by one of the conquering race. —  Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon Littleton Waller Tazewell
 

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  1. Middle English escochon, from Anglo-Norman escuchon, from Vulgar Latin *scūtiō, scūtiōn-, from Latin scūtum, shield; see skei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly escocheon, escochion (rare), but in English first in the abbreviation form, scutcheon, scutchion, scuchin, etc., from Old French escusson, escuçon, French écusson, an escutcheon, from Old French escu, escut, French écu, from Latin scutum, a shield: see scute, scutum, scutcheon.
 

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