escutcheons in English
noun
1
a shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms.
As weaponry began to render body armor obsolete, coats of arms were scaled down and used on tunics and caps, still in the form of the escutcheon or shield.
2
a flat piece of metal for protection and often ornamentation, around a keyhole, door handle, or light switch.
Made of highly figured mahogany it retains its original large brass handles and keyhole escutcheons .
noun
- scutcheon
- finger platescutcheon
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1. The escutcheons are also larger in male S. nicholsi, on average.
2. 2 horses whose Caparisons are scattered with escutcheons and exactly match their riders' surcoats, 1 horse whose caparison is the same base fabric used in its rider's surcoat, but lacks the escutcheons that appear on the surcoat, 15 horses whose Caparisons exactly match their riders' surcoats, where neither have escutcheons, and