| 单词 | in adumbration |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin adumbration 4. Heraldry. An outline of a charge, either left unfilled or shaded a darker tone than the field. Also in in adumbration: (of a charge) depicted in this way. Cf. transparency n. 3, umbration n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > outlined figure umbration1486 adumbration1610 transparency1610 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iii. 42 Adumbration or Transparency, is a cleere exemption of the substance of the Charge, or thing borne, in such sort, as that there remaineth nothing thereof to be discerned, but the naked and bare proportion of the outward lineaments thereof. 1795 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 5) Adumbration, the shadow only of any figure, outlined and painted of a colour darker than the field. 1863 G. Seton Law & Pract. Heraldry in Scotl. viii. 368 Dallaway, however, regards such adumbration ‘rather as an imaginary distinction’. 1893 J. B. Paul Ordinary of Arms p. xiii The mysterious adumbration or shadowing which occurs in some of the Hamilton coats, is also interesting, because rare. 1973 J. P. Brooke-Little Heraldic Alphabet 31 Adumbration. Used of a charge which is of the same tincture as the field, being shown as a shadow or in outline. 1977 O. Neubecker Heraldry Sources, Symbols & Meaning 196 The lion..is also an example of the transfer of a single supporter to the shield itself, where it appears in adumbration. < as lemmas |
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