Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plate of gilt copper upon which the arms of a knight of the garter are engraved, and which is fixed in the back of the stall of the knight in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. See
stall-plate .
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Earl of WARWICK (died in 1439), is a good example of the use of an Escutcheon of Pretence; it is represented in No. 329, drawn from the garter-plate of the Earl, in St. George’s
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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