Scutcheon: alternatives and connections

A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

The center of an escutcheon.

An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protec…

A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.

Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.

The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.

Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.

A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top…

Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.

Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Th…

Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth.

Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

To defend, as with a shield; to shield.

Escutcheon.