coat armour

British  

noun

1. coat of arms

2. an emblazoned surcoat

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Example Sentences

Each shoot, eager to expand its leaves in the light, ever spreading, forms mass after mass of the beautiful green panoply—the coat armour of the forest, arboreal man's first form of domestic architecture.

From Line and Form (1900) by Crane, Walter

He was buried as an Esquire with pennon and coat armour 217 and four dozen scutcheons, and all the craft of printers, stationers, and booksellers followed him to his grave.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

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

Had the bearing of coat armour, or a connection with knighthood, any thing to do with the matter?

From Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 by Various

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