What does scutcheon mean?

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ˈskʌtʃ ənscutcheon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. finger plate, escutcheon, scutcheonnoun

    a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers

  2. escutcheon, scutcheonnoun

    a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms

Wiktionary

  1. scutcheonnoun

    An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.

  2. scutcheonnoun

    A small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.

  3. Etymology: Aphetic form of escutcheon.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scutcheonnoun

    The shield represented in heraldry; the ensigns armorial of a family. See Eschutcheon.

    Etymology: scuccione, Italian, from scutum, Lat.

    And thereto had she that scutcheon of her desires, supported by certain badly diligent ministers. Philip Sidney.

    Your scutcheons, and your signs of conquest, shall
    Hang in what place you please. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    Honour is a meer scutcheon. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    The chiefs about their necks the scutcheons wore,
    With orient pearls and jewels powder’d o’er. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. scutcheon

    In heraldry, an escutcheon () is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed. In the second sense, an escutcheon can itself be a charge within a coat of arms. Escutcheon shapes are derived from actual shields that were used by knights in combat, and thus are varied and developed by region and by era. Since shields have been regarded as military equipment appropriate for men only, British ladies customarily bear their arms upon a lozenge, or diamond-shape, while clergymen and ladies in continental Europe bear their arms upon a cartouche, or oval. Other shapes are also in use, such as the roundel commonly used for arms granted to Aboriginal Canadians by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, or the Nguni shield used in African heraldry (likewise, Christian organisations and Masonic bodies tend to use the same shape, also known as a vesica piscis). Although an escutcheon can be used as a charge on its own, the most common use of an escutcheon charge is to display another coat of arms as a form of marshalling. Such escutcheon charges are usually given the same shape as the main shield. When there is only one escutcheon charge, it is sometimes called an inescutcheon. The word escutcheon (late 15th century) is based on Old North French escuchon ('shield').

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  1. scutcheon

    A scutcheon is a shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms. It's often used in heraldry to display family lineage or associations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scutcheonnoun

    an escutcheon; an emblazoned shield

  2. Scutcheonnoun

    a small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4

  3. Etymology: [Aphetic form of escutcheon.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Scutcheon

    Scutchin, skuch′un, -in, n. (Spens.) escutcheon, shield, device on a shield. [Escutcheon.]

Entomology

  1. Scutcheon

    = scutellum; q.v.: also used by some authors (Walker) for the pronotum in Homoptera.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scutcheon in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scutcheon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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