scutcheon

Definition

An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.

Etymology

Aphetic form of escutcheon.

Example Sentences

• "But she againe him in the shield did smite / With so fierce furie and great puissaunce, / That, through his three-square scuchin piercing quite / And through his mayled hauberque, by mischaunce / The wicked steele through his left side did glaunce."
• "The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes."
• "There be now, for martial encouragement, some degrees and orders of chivalry; which nevertheless are conferred promiscuously, upon soldiers and no soldiers; and some remembrance perhaps, upon the scutcheon; and some hospitals for maimed soldiers; and such like things."