| 单词 | grand quartering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrand quartering grand quartering n. Heraldry a quartering that is itself quartered; the use of such quartering on a shield. ΚΠ 1800 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 712/2 The royal arms in future might be marshalled in six grand quarterings: 1. England; 2. Scotland; 3. Ireland; 4. East-Indies (an elephant); 5. West-Indies (an aligator) ; 6 the usual arms of Brunswick. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 88/1 Marshalling, a Grand Quartering..usually accompanies the assumption of a second name, and unites the two associated coats so inseparably, that if they come to be Marshalled with other quarterings they are no longer (as in other cases) spread out among them, but they still remain together as a Grand Quartering. 1956 T. Innes Scots Heraldry (ed. 2) xi. 150 If a coat of arms is complicated by numerous quarterings or grand-quarterings, it is considered admissible in small work..to display the first quarter only. 1962 H. Allcock Heraldic Design 27 In Scotland..the quarters are held to four by the system of Grand Quartering. 2003 Mythlore 32 95 I shall avoid all reference to escutcheons, fesses, lozenges, grand quartering, marks of cadency, and the like. < as lemmas |
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