hatchment
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hatchment
First recorded in 1540–50; variant (by syncopation and aspiration) of achievement
Example Sentences
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Another hatchment with the arms of John Campbell and his second wife Henrietta Villiers — Elizabeth’s sister — made £3,250.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
Shakespeare alludes to this custom when, in Hamlet, he makes Laertes say:— His means of death, his obscure burial— No trophy, sword, nor hatchment o'er his bones, No noble rite, nor formal ostentation.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Such parchment or hatchment glory might have been his, and many a knight, as good as he, has received no better, no more lasting reward for his loyalty and bravery.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
Shall thy hatchment, mouldering grimly in yon church amid the sands, Stay trouble from thy household?
From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Margaret Widdemer
The arched hall was crowded on either side by her domestics, whose dresses formed a gloomy back-ground, which, nevertheless, accorded well with the hatchment that hung over the entrance,—a memorial of Lady Cecil's recent death.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
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