Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An escutcheon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shield for armorial bearings; an emblazoned shield; an escutcheon.
- noun In medieval architecture, etc., a shield or plate on a door, from the center of which hung the doorhandle.
- noun The cover of a keyhole, usually pivoted at the top, so as to drop over the keyhole by its weight. A sliding scutcheon is called a sheave.
- noun A plate for an inscription, especially a small one for a name, as on a knife or a walking-stick.
- noun In heraldry, same as
escutcheon , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
- noun A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See
Escutcheon , 4.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
escutcheon ; anemblazoned shield (Wikipedia). - noun A small plate of metal, such as the
shield around akeyhole .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
Etymologies
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Examples
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Blood-men: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was the murdering club.
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His ensign was Mr. Thunder; he bare the black colours, and his scutcheon was the three burning thunderbolts.
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Captain Pope was captain over one band, for all these spirits are joined in one under him: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was the stake, the flame, and the good man in it.
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His ensign was one Mr. Justice; he also bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was a fruitless tree, with an axe lying at the root thereof.
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Salvation Doubters; his were the red colours; Mr. Restless bare them, and his scutcheon was the ghastly picture of death.
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Captain Nimrod was captain over two bands, namely, the tyrannical and encroaching blood-men: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was the great bloodhound.
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His ensign was Mr. Thunder; he bare the black colours, and his scutcheon was the three burning thunderbolts.
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Captain Cain was over two bands, namely, the zealous and the angry blood-men: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was the murdering club.
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His ensign was one Mr. Justice; he also bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was a fruitless tree, with an axe lying at the root thereof.
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His ensign's name was Mr. Terror; he bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was a burning fiery furnace.
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