scutcheon

scutcheon englannista suomeksi

1. vaakunakilpi

2. suojus

0. Substantiivi

scutcheon englanniksi

1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.

2. (RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)

3. (RQ:Macaulay History of England)

4. 1627, (w), ''Essays of Francis Bacon or Counsels, Civil and Moral'', Chapter 29. "Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates":

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.

5. (quote-book)

6. An escutcheon; a small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.