| 单词 | baton sinister |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaton sinister 3. Heraldry. An ordinary, in breadth the fourth part of a bend n.1, not extending to the extremities of an escutcheon, but broken off short at each end, so as to have the figure of a truncheon; used by French heralds as a difference or mark of consanguinity, but in English coats of arms only in the form of the baton sinister, the badge of bastardy. (Popularly called bar sinister.) Formerly baston n. 4, batune, batoon n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > band crossing shield diagonally > running from top right to bottom left > of quarter width bastonc1425 fissure1486 staff1486 batoon1562 fillet1572 baton1816 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 221 Here is the baton-sinister, the mark of illegitimacy, extended diagonally through both coats upon the shield. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xxxii. 374 The eldest son of this Earl removed his father's baton from his arms. < as lemmas |
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