flasquen.
/flɑːsk//flask/ Heraldry.
A bearing similar to a flanch, but occupying a smaller part of the field (see flanch n.1). The heraldic use is not recorded in French, but in the sense ‘cheek of a gun-carriage’ (see flask n.3) it was a synonym of flanque, which had also a heraldic sense = flanch n.1
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > segments of circle on sides of shield > occupying smaller area
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1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 121 The fielde Or, ij. Flasques Azure.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 63 A Flasque is an Ordinary consisting of one Arch line, drawne somewhat distant from the corners of the Chiefe, and meanely swelling by degrees vntil you come towards the middest of the Escocheon, and from thence againe decreasing with a like comely descent vnto the Sinister base points.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Flask.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry viii. 38 Flasques or Voiders..are formed by two curved lines, and are always borne in pairs.
1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §235 The Flasque, a space of colour terminated by a curved line on each flank of the shield.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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