coat armour

British  

noun

1. coat of arms

2. an emblazoned surcoat

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Example Sentences

There was, first, the belief in “gentrice,” in a natural difference of kind between men of coat armour and men without it. 

From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew

"At least he bears coat armour," answered Reginald.

From The Lances of Lynwood by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

The coat armour was everywhere used, and varied in form and style in almost every centre.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew

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