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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈskʌt͡ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-escutcheon.wav Forms: escutcheons [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃən Etymology: From Middle English scochon, from Anglo-Norman escuchon, Old French escusson (French écusson), ultimately from Latin scutum (“shield”). Related to scutum, scute, scudo, escudo, and écu. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scochon}} Middle English scochon, {{der|en|xno|escuchon}} Anglo-Norman escuchon, {{der|en|fro|escusson}} Old French escusson, {{der|en|la|scutum||shield}} Latin scutum (“shield”), {{doublet|en|scutum|scute|scudo|escudo|écu|nocat=1|notext=1}} scutum, scute, scudo, escudo, and écu Head templates: {{en-noun}} escutcheon (plural escutcheons)
  1. (heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself. Categories (topical): Heraldry Translations (coat of arms): våbenskjold [neuter] (Danish), wapenschild [neuter] (Dutch), vaakuna (Finnish), écusson [masculine] (French), escudo [masculine] (Galician), Wappenschild [masculine, neuter] (German), θυρεός (thyreós) [masculine] (Greek), pajzs (Hungarian), scudo [masculine] (Italian), blasone [masculine] (Italian), stemma [masculine] (Italian), штит (štit) [masculine] (Macedonian), tarcza herbowa [feminine] (Polish), escudo [masculine] (Portuguese), blasón [masculine] (Spanish), escudo [masculine] (Spanish), vapensköld [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-t3p-bV5F Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'coat of arms': 76 12 2 1 3 1 2 2
  2. (heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-1nEsXd3n Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. (medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound. Categories (topical): Medicine, Hair
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-eHKlifOV Disambiguation of Hair: 7 9 34 14 4 7 5 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 34 11 3 10 5 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 13 36 9 4 8 3 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 15 37 12 3 7 3 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 12 38 11 2 10 2 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 13 35 10 3 8 5 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 15 28 10 5 10 3 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 15 28 10 4 9 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 17 29 10 5 9 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 15 28 10 4 9 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 15 28 10 5 10 4 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 12 24 11 4 13 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 13 23 10 3 12 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 13 32 10 4 9 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 13 16 27 10 4 9 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 16 25 10 5 9 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 14 26 12 4 11 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 14 34 10 5 8 2 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 16 28 10 4 9 6 15 Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities. Synonyms: milk mirror
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-bi1yi~0A
  5. (nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-plL9Dk7I Topics: nautical, transport
  6. A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes. Translations (plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance): sleutelschild [neuter] (Dutch), peitelevy (Finnish), écusson [masculine] (French), escudete [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-CBDarZi6 Disambiguation of 'plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance': 5 3 2 3 3 68 13 2
  7. The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-GzN0zSO~
  8. The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-VxTKo7tt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escocheon [obsolete], scutcheon, 'scutcheon Derived forms: blot on the escutcheon, blotch on the escutcheon, escutcheon of pretence, escutcheoned, escutcheon pin, inescutcheon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "blot on the escutcheon"
    },
    {
      "word": "blotch on the escutcheon"
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    {
      "word": "escutcheon of pretence"
    },
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      "word": "escutcheoned"
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    {
      "word": "escutcheon pin"
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      "word": "inescutcheon"
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        "notext": "1"
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          "ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête at Sir Robert Walpole’s”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 33:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “1/5/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:",
          "text": "And in the meanwhile, Society shivered a little feverishly, filled now with the scions of those who had come over with the Jewish and American Conquests. Escutcheons were becoming valueless, how sinister soever the blots and clots upon them.",
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        }
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        "The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself."
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        ]
      ],
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        "(heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself."
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        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "A small shield used to charge a larger one."
      ],
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          "charge",
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        "(heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one."
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound."
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          "medicine"
        ],
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          "pubic"
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        "(medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound."
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1867, Charles Louis Flint, Milch cows and dairy farming:",
          "text": "The milk-mirror, or escutcheon, is formed by the hair above the udder, extending upwards between the thighs, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      "rhymes": "-ʌtʃən"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "escocheon"
    },
    {
      "word": "scutcheon"
    },
    {
      "word": "'scutcheon"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "våbenskjold"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wapenschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "word": "vaakuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "écusson"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wappenschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thyreós",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "θυρεός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "word": "pajzs"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blasone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stemma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "štit",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штит"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tarcza herbowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blasón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vapensköld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sleutelschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "word": "peitelevy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "écusson"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudete"
    }
  ],
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    "escutcheon"
  ],
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}

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