'Scutcheon' definitions:
Definition of 'scutcheon'
(from WordNet)
noun
A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers [syn: finger plate, escutcheon, scutcheon]
noun
A shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms [syn: escutcheon, scutcheon]
Definition of 'Scutcheon'
From: GCIDE
- Scutcheon \Scutch"eon\, n. [Aphetic form of escutcheon.]
- 1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scutcheon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achievement,
- alerion,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- argent,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- azure,
- bandeau,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- billet,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bordure,
- broad arrow,
- cadency mark,
- canton,
- chaplet,
- charge,
- chevron,
- chief,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- coronet,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- device,
- difference,
- differencing,
- eagle,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- escutcheon,
- falcon,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- file,
- flanch,
- fleur-de-lis,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- garland,
- griffin,
- gules,
- gyron,
- hatchment,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- honor point,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- inescutcheon,
- label,
- lion,
- lozenge,
- mantling,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- metal,
- motto,
- mullet,
- nombril point,
- octofoil,
- or,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- pale,
- paly,
- pean,
- pheon,
- purpure,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- rose,
- sable,
- saltire,
- shield,
- spread eagle,
- subordinary,
- tenne,
- tincture,
- torse,
- tressure,
- unicorn,
- vair,
- vert,
- wreath,
- yale