"Scutcheon" is a word in ENGLISH

Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of …

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 …

A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium …

Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later …

In English law. A device depicted on the (now imagi-nary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is …

The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity …

Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.

Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

A shield.

An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.

A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as …

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting …

To shield; to defend.

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

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