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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "escutcheon" in a sentence

    escutcheon example sentences

    escutcheon


    1. Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if his chocolate had been ignobly waited on by only three men; he must have died of two


    2. MRS BELLINGHAM: He addressed me in several handwritings with fulsome compliments as a Venus in furs and alleged profound pity for my frostbound coachman Palmer while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins and of his fortunate proximity to my person, when standing behind my chair wearing my livery and the armorial bearings of the Bellingham escutcheon garnished sable, a buck's head couped or


    3. All around, there were monuments carved with armorial bearings; and on this simple slab of slate—as the curious investigator may still discern, and perplex himself with the purport—there appeared the semblance of an engraved escutcheon


    4. Why should I marry a boring fool, simply because an accident prevented me from me, when I could shoot straighter? If I had been a gentleman, of course, I would have let him kill me and that would have wiped the blot from the Butler escutcheon


    5. 83: The Austrian coat of arms contains a double-headed eagle with an escutcheon on its breast


    6. She brought the Somovar, and with her cup of tea was going to relate one of her interminable stories, when a carriage with the imperial escutcheon stopped before the door


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    Synonyms for "escutcheon"

    escutcheon scutcheon finger plate medallion insignia badge rosette ensign

    "escutcheon" definitions

    a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers


    (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed


    a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms