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
In “Hamlet,” Laertes says:— “His means of death, his obscure burial— No trophy, sword, nor hatchment o’er his bones, No noble rite, nor formal ostentation.”
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews
The little fools seemed only born And hatched for nothing but a hatchment!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
Achieve′ment, a performance: an exploit: an escutcheon or armorial shield granted in memory of some achievement, applied especially to the escutcheon over the tomb of a dead person, generally called a hatchment.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
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