impresa

Definition

A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian impresa.

Example Sentences

• "1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter."
• "[…] or to describe Races and Games, Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields, Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;"