inescutcheonn.
/ɪnɪˈskʌtʃən/ Heraldry.
An escutcheon of pretence, or other small escutcheon, charged on a larger escutcheon; in the case of a baronet, an escutcheon borne in chief and charged with the red hand of Ulster. Cf. escutcheon n. 1c.
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escutcheon of pretence1610
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1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 65 The Inescocheon is an Ordinarie formed of a threefold line, representing the shape of the Escocheon... This Escocheon is sometimes tearmed an Escocheon of Pretence.
1612 in Selden Titles Hon. (1614) 358 The Baronets and their descendants shall and may beare either in a Canton in their Coat of Armes, or in an Inscutcheon at their election, the Armes of Vlster.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 193 An Inschocheon of Armes may haue place amongst Augmentations, which is the Armes of a wife being an heire generall, inserted in the centre or middle of her Husbands Coates after he hath issue by her, to manifest the apparent right of her inheritance transmissible to his and her issue.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) He bears Ermine, an Inescutcheon.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 2/3 The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha..bears the Royal Arms of England (with the ‘differences’ as previously assigned to him in this country) on an inescutcheon upon the arms of Saxony.
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