Definition of Inescutcheon. Meaning of Inescutcheon. Synonyms of Inescutcheon

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Definition of Inescutcheon

Inescutcheon
Inescutcheon In`es*cutch"eon, n. (Her.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.

Meaning of Inescutcheon from wikipedia

- In heraldry, an inescutcheon is a smaller escutcheon that is placed within or superimposed over the main shield of a coat of arms, similar to a charge...
- When there is only one escutcheon charge, it is sometimes called an inescutcheon. The word escutcheon (late 15th century) is based on Old North French...
- the "Three Crowns of Sweden" quartering the "Lion of Bjälbo", with an inescutcheon overall of the House of Vasa impaling the House of Bernadotte. The usage...
- Protectorate in the mid-seventeenth century, and the use by William III of an inescutcheon of N****au, the arms remained unchanged until the creation of the Kingdom...
- the first and as an augmentation in chief an inescutcheon, Argent a cross Gules and thereon an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or. Arms of Churchill...
- and the edge of the shield. An orle can sometimes be confused with an inescutcheon or escutcheon voided (a smaller shield with a shield-shaped hole), or...
- quartering of the shield, parted per pale, twice parted per fess, with an inescutcheon first sixth: Burgraviate of Nuremberg (1214), on or (gold) a lion rampant...
- The coat of arms of Ulster consists of an inescutcheon Argent displaying a red hand, upon the coat of arms of the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman...
- Then, shown in the center of both arms of dominion, as an inescutcheon to the inescutcheon, is the small shield, i.e. personal arms, of the Habsburgs...
- George's coat of arms as the Prince of Wales was the royal arms (with an inescutcheon of Gules plain in the Hanoverian quarter), differenced by a label of...