Definition of inescutcheon in English:
inescutcheon
noun ˌɪnɪˈskʌtʃ(ə)nˌɪnɛˈskʌtʃ(ə)nˌinəˈskəCH(ə)n
Heraldry A small shield placed within a larger one.
Example sentencesExamples
- In German and Scottish armory the inescutcheon bears the symbols of the paternal side, but in English heraldry it is used to carry the arms of an heiress wife.
- Until 1917 (when the British royal family dropped German titles), the male-line descendants of Queen Victoria bore the arms of Saxony (for Prince Albert) on an inescutcheon over the royal arms.
- In this illustration the inescutcheon is shown over the impaled arms, whereas His Grace bears it only over the family arms; and the doves here are pictured sable rather than argent.
- An orle is a perforated inescutcheon, and usually takes the shape of the shield whereon it is placed.
- The dexter coat is dimidiated, with half of the inescutcheon and three and two halves of the cross crosslets visible.