inescutcheon

British  

/ ˌɪnɪˈskʌtʃən /

noun

1. heraldry a small shield-shaped charge in the centre of a shield

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Example Sentences

The last detail to be noted in medieval marshalling is the introduction into the shield of another surmounting shield called by old armorists the “innerscocheon” and by modern blazoners the “inescutcheon.”

From Project Gutenberg

All baronets are entitled to display in their coat of arms, either on a canton or on an inescutcheon, the red hand of Ulster, save those of Nova Scotia, who display, instead of it, the saltire of that province.

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When one Inescutcheon is borne, it is usually placed on the fesse-point; but several Inescutcheons may appear in one composition.

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An honourable addition to a Coat of Arms, specially granted with a peculiar significance: thus, the “Union” Device of the British Empire, blazoned on an inescutcheon, is the “Augmentation” specially granted to the great Duke of Wellington, to be borne on the honour point of his paternal shield.

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The “Badge of Ulster,” generally borne as an augmentation upon a canton or small inescutcheon, is—Arg., a sinister hand, couped at the wrist and appaumée, gu.,—No.

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