| 单词 | in pretence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin pretence b. Heraldry. in pretence: (of a coat of arms) borne on an inescutcheon to indicate a pretension or claim, e.g. that of a husband to represent his wife when she is herself an heiress or coheir of her father. Cf. escutcheon of pretence n. at escutcheon n. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [phrase] > indicating pretension or claim in pretence1869 1788 Heraldry in Miniature (new ed.) 28 Pretence, or escutcheon of pretence,—is that on which a husband carries the coat of his wife, being an heiress.] 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) xvii. 217 The only difference between the Arms of William and those of Mary was, that the former bore Nassau in pretence. 1969 J. P. Brooke-Little Fox-Davies's Compl. Guide Heraldry 414 A man, in succeeding to a lordship in right of his wife, would wish to bear the arms associated therewith. He placed them..upon his own, and arms exclusively of a territorial character have certainly very frequently been placed ‘in pretence’. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry vii. 124 When the 3rd Duke of Richmond asked Stephen Martin Leake, Garter, how he should bear his coat in pretence with the arms of Bruce, also in pretence, for his wife, Garter suggested quartering Aubigny but this was rejected. < as lemmas |
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