blazonry
brilliant decoration or display: The wedding had all the blazonry of a coronation.
Heraldry.
the act or technique of describing coats of arms.
a coat, or coats, of arms.
Origin of blazonry
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How to use blazonry in a sentence
The flag flapped excitedly, shaking out its blazonry of stars and stripes with a sort of fierce delight.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceAs a favourite garden flower, the Columbine found its way into heraldic blazonry.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeAfter a little, an aircar with the blue crescent blazonry lifted and sped away.
Space Viking | Henry Beam PiperHe drew charcoal sketches of churches, castles, knightly tombs, and heraldic blazonry.
From Chaucer to Tennyson | Henry A. BeersThe scut, or polished metal shield, with painted blazonry or other decoration, was limited to Aragon and Catalua.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume I (of 3) | Leonard Williams
British Dictionary definitions for blazonry
/ (ˈbleɪzənrɪ) /
the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
heraldic arms collectively
colourful or ostentatious display
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