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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An escutcheon.
  2. n. A shield-shaped object, such as a scute.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A shield for armorial bearings; an emblazoned shield; an escutcheon.
  2. n. In medieval architecture, etc., a shield or plate on a door, from the center of which hung the doorhandle.
  3. n. The cover of a keyhole, usually pivoted at the top, so as to drop over the keyhole by its weight. A sliding scutcheon is called a sheave.
  4. n. A plate for an inscription, especially a small one for a name, as on a knife or a walking-stick.
  5. n. In heraldry, same as escutcheon, 1.

Wiktionary

  1. n. an escutcheon

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
  2. n. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
  2. n. a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers

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