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Heraldry.
Made like a coronet; ornamented on the upper side coronet-wise.
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crownedc1405
coronetty1688
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imperially crowned1715
navally crowned1816
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iv. 33/1 He beareth Or, a Bend Archee, Coronettee on the top side, Gules. Some say haveing the higher side Coronett-wayes. Morgan..termeth this a Coronet in Bend, but he should then have said (Extended in Bend) because it reacheth from side to side of the shield.
186. Parker Gloss. Heraldic Terms 108 These are the paternal arms of his R.H. Prince Albert. The bearing is sometimes called ‘a ducal coronet in bend’, and sometimes, more properly, ‘a bend archee coronetty’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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