单词 | champain |
释义 | † champainn. Obsolete. 1. Heraldry. A broken or deflected line, sometimes on only one side of an ordinary; it is sometimes vairé, sometimes curved or enarched. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] engrailing1486 indenting1486 champain1562 purfle1562 pertingent1610 pertransient1610 purfling1610 welt1688 embattling1753 fesse-line1775 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1579) 71 b He beareth a point champine, Or, in a fielde Tenne. Who so killeth his prisoner (to him humbly yeelding) with his owne hand rebateth his honor. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1579) 79 He beareth party per bend Champian, Argent and Geules. Anything set in triangle on this cote, honoureth the same, to a great increase of commendation. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry ii. vii. 78 The point Champain was deservedly due to Simeon and Levi, brethren in iniquity, for in their wrath they killed their prisoners. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iii. §83 He beareth Argent a Pale Champaine, or enarched on the Dexter side, Vert. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum A Point Champain (in Heraldry) is a Mark of Dishonour in the Coat of one that kills a Prisoner of War, after he has cry'd Quarter. Categories » 2. Architecture ‘ Champain Line, in ornamental carved work formed of excavations, is the line parallel to the continuous line, either ascending or descending’ (Gwilt). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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