coat armour

British  

noun

1. coat of arms

2. an emblazoned surcoat

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Example Sentences

Next followed mourners, and after them the herald, with the dead man's coat armour, checkered silver and azure.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

A coat armour, beaten with silver, for St. George.

From Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations by Madders, S. S.

I looked on it, and the names, many of them attested by seals with coat armour, were plain to be read.

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

Here is the complete coat armour of the second Ralph, who died before Ascalon.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

These were painted on the shield before they were placed on banners, standards, and coat armour; and wherever they appear at the present time they are painted on a plane or superficies resembling a shield.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous