![]() When the deceased is the last of his line a death's head may be placed over his arms instead of, or besides, the crest.Ī. The arms upon the latter may in all cases be either single or quartered. Unless they are accosted passant counter-passant the more distant should be a little in advance of the other.Īzure, a chevron between six rams accosted, counter trippant, 2, 2, and 2 argent, attired or-HARMAN, Suffolk.Īccroupi, (fr.): said of a lion or wild beast in a resting posture.Īchievements, spelt sometimes atchievements, and more frequently hatchments: coats of arms in general, and particularly those funeral escutcheons, which being placed upon the fronts of houses or in churches, or elsewhere, set forth the rank and circumstances of the deceased. Applied to two beasts walking or running side by side. a term used when charges are placed on each side of another charge, as, a pale accosted by six mullets though English heralds would generally say, between six mullets pallet-wise. accompagné), used only by old heralds, is practically the same as 'between ' e.g., a cross accompanied by four crescents, or a chevron accompanied by three roses.Īccorné, (fr.): horned, but used only when the horns are of a different tincture.Īccosted, (fr. Is used still with French heralds when two shields are joined side by side a practice sometimes adopted in England previously to the introduction impaling.Īccompanied, (fr. col, the neck,) having a collar is synonymous with gorged(and occasionally with wreathed or entwined). accidents): a comprehensive term applying to marks of difference and the like.Īccolé: 1. See Cross of four ermines, §8.Ībsconded: entirely hidden by a superimposed ordinary, or charge.Īccidents, (fr. There is another mark of disgrace which is due only to the traitor: is consists in debasing or reversing the entire coat.Ībisme en, (fr.) in the middle fesse point.Ībouttés, (fr.): with the ends united in the centre, e.g. "And Edward the Third of England ordained two of six stars which a gentleman had in his arms to be effaced, because he had sold a seaport of which he was made governor." Abatements such as the above exist only in systems of heraldry, and no instance of their actual use is on record: but under the several headings diagrams will be found explaining the meaning of the terms which are used by heraldic writers.īroken chevrons, and beasts turned towards the sinister, are supposed by some heraldic writers to have been given as abatements. Gusset sinister.Īs the use of arms in not compulsory, a bearer would of course rather relinquish them than publish his own disgrace by bearing them abated. They are shewn by pieces of different shapes being to all appearance cut out of, or off from, the shield their shapes and positions are represented by the following varieties, which are nine in number, and must be either sanguine or tenné, which the old writers call "staynande colours," otherwise they are no abatements but honourable charges, viz.-ġ. Charges, however, when placed low down in the shield are said to be in base.Ībatements, sometimes called Rebatements, are marks of disgrace attached to arms on account of some dishonourable act of the bearer. ![]() abaissé): this term is used when a chevron, fesse, or other ordinary, is borne lower than its usual situation. A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER TOP MENUĪ B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĪ or a in heraldic memoranda and sketches of arms in trick, is employed to signify Argent.Ībased, (fr.
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