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ARMORIAL BEARING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Synonyms:
armorial bearing; bearing; charge; heraldic bearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("armorial bearing" is a kind of...):
heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "armorial bearing"):
roundel ((heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle)
annulet ((heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring)
chevron (an inverted V-shaped charge)
fleur-de-lis; fleur-de-lys ((heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris)
ordinary ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields)
