scutcheon
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scutcheon englanniksi
An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
(RQ:Macaulay History of England)
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.
(quote-book)
An escutcheon; a small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.