Definition of Scutcheon. Meaning of Scutcheon. Synonyms of Scutcheon

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Definition of Scutcheon

Scutcheon
Scutcheon Scutch"eon, n. [Aphetic form of escutcheon.] 1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. --Bacon. The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes. --Macaulay. 2. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.

Meaning of Scutcheon from wikipedia

- In heraldry, an escutcheon (/ɪˈskʌtʃən/) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related...
- A Blot in the 'Scutcheon is a tragedy in blank verse by Robert Browning, published in 1843 and acted in the same year. Mildred Tresham Thorold, Earl Tresham...
- dark purple; chest adorned with golden down, which forms three stripes; scutcheon tawny, armed with four teeth: abdomen tawny, a little narrower than the...
- Westminster schoolboy, Robert Uvedale, succeeded in snatching the "Majesty Scutcheon" (white satin banner) draped on the coffin, which is now held in the library...
- the Druses (play) (1843) Bells and Pomegranates No. V: A Blot in the 'Scutcheon (play) (1843) Bells and Pomegranates No. VI: Colombe's Birthday (play)...
- Wilderness The Eternal Mother The Old Bookkeeper For His Son A Blot on the 'Scutcheon The Transformation of Mike A Sister's Love Billy's Stratagem The Mender...
- of War (1842), and of Lord Tresham in Robert Browning's A Blot in the 'Scutcheon (1843). Macready was briefly manager in 1841–1843, putting significant...
- later named it as his greatest film. An adaptation of A Blot in the 'Scutcheon was to follow in 1912, and another Griffith film, The Wanderer (1913)...
- and King Charles (1842) The Return of the Druses (1843) A Blot in the 'Scutcheon (1843) Colombe's Birthday (1844) Luria (1846) A Soul's Tragedy (1846)...
- February 2018 – via Project Gutenberg. Browning, Robert. A Blot in the 'Scutcheon. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via Project Gutenberg. George Gordon Byron...