escutcheoned
- a word derived from escutcheon.
Example Sentences
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The emperor and empress thereupon take their places on the dais beneath the great escutcheoned golden canopy, and in front of the two chairs of state that represent the thrones.
From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Fontenoy, Mme. la Marquise de
Now a past, however escutcheoned and fame-enrolled, is even more starvation diet than a future of affection and self-confidence.
From Southern Lights and Shadows by Howells, William Dean
Behind many of the imposing and escutcheoned frontages there was nothing but heaps of rubble; the footsteps of rare passers-by woke lonely echoes, and strips of grass outlined in parallelograms the flagstones of the roadway.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
Fear and cold at last benumbed the little boy, and when he woke he was being lifted from his seat and torches were flashing on a high escutcheoned doorway set in battlemented walls.
From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith
After I followed her from Santa Clara, That mass-hour, To an escutcheoned door!
From A Night in Avignon by Rice, Cale Young
