inescutcheon
Britishnoun
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The inescutcheon is a small escutcheon borne within the 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
As Princes of Wales, these Arms were differenced by a plain label of three points argent, and an inescutcheon of Saxony was superimposed.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
On an Inescutcheon, quarterly: First, for Holstein—Gu., an inescutcheon per fesse arg. and of the first, in every point thereof a nail in triangle, between as many holly-leaves, all ppr.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
An orle is a perforated inescutcheon, and usually takes the shape of the shield whereon it is placed.
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
Azure, an orle of martlets or, on an inescutcheon arg. three bass gules.
From Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850 by Various
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