coat armour

British  

noun

1. coat of arms

2. an emblazoned surcoat

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coat armour

And after all, the Chapter of proud Flemings would never have admitted me had not the heralds hunted up that the Sorels were gentlemen of blood and coat armour long ago at Liege.

From The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

"Thus endeth the tale of Balyn and of Balan, two brethren born in Northumberland, good knights," says Malory, simply, and unconscious of the strange mythological medley under the coat armour of romance.

From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew

In coat armour they must always be represented as full-faced, and not showing one side of it, but both their eyes and both their ears.

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison

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

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