Meaning of Blazon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
   countable, uncountable
2. A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
   countable, uncountable
3. A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
   countable, uncountable
4. Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous”

“The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double⟳ tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].”

“We must banish, therefore, the persistent but wholly erroneous notion that the heralds invented many of the terms used in blazon and borrowed the rest⟳ from the everyday lexicon of terms...”

“He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...]”

“Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company.”

“Thy tongue, thy face⟳, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, / Do give⟳ thee five-fold blazon.”

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