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...
- also included the arms of the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, on an inescutcheon. The motto was also changed to the Latin "pax quaeritur bello" (English:...
- 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...
- follows: A shield azure, quartered by a cross Or with outbent arms, and an inescutcheon containing the dynastic arms of the Royal House. In the first and fourth...
- 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...
- The arms are differenced from those of Appin by the addition of an inescutcheon bearing the tressured lion rampant of Scotland; defaced by a plain label...
- Royal Arms differenced by a label of three points argent overall an inescutcheon quarterly gules and or, four lions p****ant guardant counterchanged (for...
- 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...