inescutcheon
Britishnoun
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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
A term applied to a single inescutcheon placed upon and in the centre of a larger escutcheon.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
George III., till 1816:—The arms indicated in the diagram, No. 430, the inescutcheon ensigned with an electoral bonnet.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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.
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
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