Scutcheon

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  • noun. An escutcheon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A shield for armorial bearings; an emblazoned shield; an escutcheon.
  • noun. In medieval architecture, etc., a shield or plate on a door, from the center of which hung the doorhandle.
  • noun. The cover of a keyhole, usually pivoted at the top, so as to drop over the keyhole by its weight. A sliding scutcheon is called a sheave.
  • noun. A plate for an inscription, especially a small one for a name, as on a knife or a walking-stick.
  • noun. In heraldry, same as escutcheon, 1.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
  • noun. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield (Wikipedia).
  • noun. A small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
  • noun. a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
  • Word Usage
    "His ensign was one Mr. Justice; he also bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was a fruitless tree, with an axe lying at the root thereof."
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