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...
- (Dietz); between the I and II quarters an inescutcheon, Or a fess Sable (Moers); at the fess point an inescutcheon, quarterly I and IV Gules, a bend Or (Châlons);...
- allowed to augment their armorial bearings with the Arms of Ulster on an inescutcheon: "in a field Argent, a Hand Geules (or a bloudy hand)". These privileges...
- 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...
- as an inescutcheon continuously and without interruption by the Electors of Hanover from 1714-1837. There is no evidence that this inescutcheon was ever...
- 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...
- decision maker. As Duke of York, George's arms were the royal arms, with an inescutcheon of the arms of Saxony, all differenced with a label of three points argent...