Meaning of escutchion | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of escutcheon.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“Then pꝛocéeded the Pꝛieſtes, and Chantries of the towne in their Surplices, ſinging, bearing 42. Croſſes of ſiluer, which was the iuſt number of the pariſhes, and chappels in the towne, and euery croſſe had a great banner of a Saint, richly painted thereon, beſides two tapers of white ware in aultar candleſticks, boꝛne by youths, and euery taper armed with an Eſcutchion of the kings armes.”

“This church is battered as full of escutchions as the wall can hold.”

“[B]e not merely a man of letters! Let literature be an honourable augmentation to your arms; but not constitute the coat, or fill the escutchion!”

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