coat armour

British  

noun

1. coat of arms

2. an emblazoned surcoat

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Example Sentences

"At least he bears coat armour," answered Reginald.

From The Lances of Lynwood by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Each shoot, eager to expand its leaves in the light, ever spreading, forms mass after mass of the beautiful green panoply—the coat armour of the forest, arboreal man's first form of domestic architecture.

From Line and Form (1900) by Crane, Walter

These were painted on the shield before they were placed on banners, standards, and coat armour; and wherever they appear at the present time they are painted on a plane or superficies resembling a shield.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

Gentlemen of blood perfect, and coat armour imperfect; the ‘yonger blouds’ of a house, of which the elder line has failed after a lineal succession of five generations.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Next followed mourners, and after them the herald, with the dead man's coat armour, checkered silver and azure.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter