society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [adjective] > types of arms (4)
Of a title or heraldic bearing: belonging to a family. Obsolete. rare.
arms in which the charges make indirect reference to or suggest a pun on the bearer's name, title, occupation, etc.; cf. allusive arms n. at allusive…
Heraldry. canting arms: = allusive arms n. at allusive, adj. compounds. So canting heraldry, canting herald, canting coat.