inescutcheon
Britishnoun
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The inescutcheon is a small escutcheon borne within the shield.
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 is borne on an inescutcheon upon the arms of the Duke of Wellington as an augmentation.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
William IV.:—The same arms as No. 430, but the inescutcheon ensigned with a Royal Crown.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
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.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
Argent, an inescutcheon azure, border compony, or and gules.
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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