释义 |
escutcheone‧scutch‧eon /ɪˈskʌtʃən/ noun [countable] formal  escutcheonOrigin: 1400-1500 Anglo-French escuchon, from Latin scutum ‘shield’ - Perhaps the greatest variation is in the form of the type of mount, or escutcheon, for the handle.
- Strictly speaking, therefore, impalement and the use of an escutcheon of pretence is marshalling at its simplest.
- These others with the black line drawn across their escutcheons belong to the leading supporters of de Montfort.
- This man Otis is the one blot on the banner of southern California; he is the bar sinister on your escutcheon.
- Two square escutcheon plates, each incised with a cross, have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole.
a shield on which someone’s coat of arms (=family sign) is painted |