inescutcheon
Britishnoun
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As Princes of Wales, these Arms were differenced by a plain label of three points argent, and an inescutcheon of Saxony was superimposed.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
Argent, a pale, gules, over all an inescutcheon or, a mullet sable.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
It generally forms a border to the inescutcheon.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
William IV.:—The same arms as No. 430, but the inescutcheon ensigned with a Royal Crown.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
An orle is a perforated inescutcheon, and usually takes the shape of the shield whereon it is placed.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
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