armorial bearing

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Noun

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armorial bearing - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shieldheraldic bearing, bearing, chargeannulet, roundel - (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel"chevron - an inverted V-shaped chargefleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis - (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an irisheraldry - emblem indicating the right of a person to bear armsordinary - (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields