单词 | escutcheon |
释义 | escutcheonn. 1. a. Heraldry. The shield or shield-shaped surface on which a coat of arms is depicted; also in wider sense, the shield with the armorial bearings; a sculptured or painted representation of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] shieldc1320 scutcheona1366 escutcheon1480 sinister1572 scute1575 cutchion1632 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 131 Escochons of papir in colours of the armes of Lorde George Ver. 1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) M iij And from that time the use of Escuchons and Armory was found out, as a witnesse of their Nobility. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 405 Their Eschocheon Gules with sixe escallops argent. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. Pref. sig. a The figures on the right hand each Escocheon, shewing what Armes belong to the Houses. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xix. 9 The addition of the escocheon of Edward the Confessor..was a sufficient foundation for an impeachment of high treason. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. ii. 24 The carved stone escutcheon of the ancient family..was hung diagonally beneath the helmet and crest. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. vi. 204 They were prohibited from quartering the royal arms on their escutcheons. 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird ii Gray granite pillars, each crowned with the escutcheon of the Heathcotes. b. figurative; esp. in phrases like a blot on an escutcheon = a stain on a person's reputation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > a stain or slur spota1225 umberc1380 blotc1386 maculate1490 touch1508 blemish1526 blur1548 attaint1592 stain1594 attainder1597 tachec1610 sullya1616 tainta1616 smutch1648 slur1662 woad1663 a blot on an escutcheon1697 blotch1860 smear1943 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2v The Banishment of Ovid was a Blot in his Escutcheon. 1848 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath v. 180 We are not ashamed of our [Puritan] fathers..The escocheon of their virtues is our proudest heraldry. 1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ x. 444 The people of Edinburgh were eager to remove an unseemly stain from the escutcheon of their city. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 45 A dark blot on the escutcheon of the House of Godwine. c. escutcheon of pretence n. the small escutcheon bearing the arms of an heiress placed in the centre of her husband's shield. Cf. inescutcheon n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > escutcheon of pretence fesse-target1586 escutcheon of pretence1610 inescutcheon1610 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 65 Escocheon of Pretence. 1677 London Gaz. No. 1208/4 Upon an Escutcheer of Pretence, a Chevern between three Birds. 1766–87 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry 123. 1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill p. xxiv Mervyn quartering Squire, and on an escutcheon of pretence, Green, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > coat of arms or heraldic ornament hatchment1522 trickmenta1625 escutcheona1672 scutcheon1711 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > hatchment hatchment1522 escutcheona1672 scutcheon1711 a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 40 Escocheons which he had got by burying several persons of quality. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 4/1 Every Gentleman..was interr'd with Funeral Escochions. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 73. ⁋7 At last the eldest fell ill..I dreamed every night of escutcheons and white gloves. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 183 Several ancient monuments..over some of which hang funeral escutcheons. 1840 Defoe's Col. Jack in Misc. Wks. V. 347 Mrs. Veal was..dead, and her escutcheons were making. 3. Anything shaped like, or resembling, an escutcheon: a. gen. (see quot. ?1600). ΚΠ ?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. B9v Of..marchpane paste..our comfitmakers..make..Armes, escocheons, beasts, birds, and other fancies. b. Architecture. A shield-shaped ornament, chiefly in Gothic buildings, carved on the bosses of ceilings, at the ends of weather-mouldings, etc. ΚΠ 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 157 Escutcheon, Sutcheon,..a shield charged with armorial bearings. c. A key-hole plate, a name plate, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > plate around keyhole key platec1520 shield1649 escutcheon1663 scutcheon1706 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §72 An Escocheon to be placed before any of these locks. 1867 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1307 Escutcheon, a plate for protecting the keyhole of a door; or one to which the handle of a door is attached. d. Horticulture. A shield-shaped portion of a branch, containing a bud, cut for use as a graft. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting graffing1398 grafting1483 imping1600 insition1601 engraffmenta1638 engraftment1647 engrafture1654 implantation1654 engraffing1656 escutcheon1658 engrafting1667 adosculation1731 engraftation1816 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip > for grafting imp1377 graffa1398 talionc1440 graft1483 slip1495 set1513 wedge?1523 scutcheon1572 shield1572 truncheon1572 breeder1601 scion1612 escutcheon1658 slit-graft1706 graffshoot1860 shield-bud1891 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 61 Cut your Escutcheon long enough..that it may derive..nourishment. e. Nautical (see quot. 1867). ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Escutcheon, the compartment in the middle of the ship's stern, where her name is written. f. Zoology (see quots.) ΚΠ 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 247 The lunule..is an oval space in front of the beaks [of bivalves]... When a similar impression exists behind the beaks it is termed the escutcheon. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 305 Meroe... Shell oval, compressed..ligament in a deep escutcheon. g. = milk escutcheon n. at milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 3a. ΚΠ 1847 tr. F. Guenon's Treat. Milk Cows 33 Cows of each class have their print or escutcheon marked by the hair, which starting first from the middle of the four teats, as the center, extends under the belly... It may be said in general, that the cows whose escutcheon is formed of the finest hair, are the best. 1881 J. P. Sheldon Dairy Farming 7/2 This milk escutcheon, or shield, then, is one of those theories of which [etc.]. 1912 F. T. Barton Cattle, Sheep & Pigs i. 18 The escutcheon may extend over the whole of the hind quarters and the udder. Compounds escutcheon grafting n. (see sense 3d). ΚΠ 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Grafting They will thrive..well upon the Quince tree by Escutcheon grafting. Derivatives eˈscutcheoned adj. furnished or decorated with escutcheons. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [adjective] > furnished with escutcheoned1742 scutcheoned1813 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 24 What..is this escutcheon'd World, Which hangs out Death in one eternal Night? 1823 Ld. Byron Werner v. i. 162 Our banner'd and escutcheon'd gallery. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. vii. 392 Doggeries never so escutcheoned..must take the fate of such. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1480 |
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