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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Examples

  • 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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