mural crown

noun

a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.

Also called mural coronet. Heraldry. a representation of an embattled coronet, often appearing on municipal arms.

Words nearby mural crown

mur, mura, muraenid, murage, mural, mural crown, mural endocarditis, mural thrombosis, mural thrombus, muraled, muralism

Origin of mural crown

First recorded in 1540–50

OTHER WORDS FROM mural crown

mu·ral·ly, adverb