Usage of "armorial bearings"

Russian

герб

Portuguese

brasão

Catalan

blasó

Spanish

armas

Unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon.

герб

Usage of armorial bearings in English

There her tender gaze was divided between me and the armorial bearings. 
 Letters of Two Brides 

Nothing can be more absurd and grotesque than armorial bearings, considered in themselves. 
 Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1 

Hence he was not ashamed of the golden pillules of his armorial bearings! 
 The Tragedies of the Medici 

At the bottom of these sculptures are emblazoned the armorial bearings of the Byrons. 
 Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey 

The light streamed through windows dimmed with armorial bearings, richly emblazoned in stained glass. 
 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon 

A couple of minutes sufficed to cover the gilding and armorial bearings upon the chair. 
 In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain 

Banners, flags, and armorial bearings are supposed to be survivals of the old totemic tattooing. 
 Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World 

Old histories describe armorial bearings painted on their shields, but these have long since perished. 
 Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter / A Descriptio... 

For when she was at Rheims, no armorial bearings had yet been given to her. 
 A Monk of Fife / Being the Chronicle Written by Norman Leslie of... 

Then, with deep interest, 'What are your armorial bearings?' 
 A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others 

He looked, and indeed beheld the armorial bearings of his family emblazoned on the funeral escutcheons. 
 The Crayon Papers 

The doctor was shown the marks on the mirror and agreed that they were armorial bearings. 
 The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales 

To take a single instance: the poems never allude to the personal armorial bearings of the heroes. 
 Homer and His Age 

The children climbed about the shallow graves, most of which were decorated with armorial bearings and inscriptions. 
 Married 

About the earliest applied work of which we have record were the armorial bearings of the Crusaders. 
 Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them 

The Duke of Burgundy, by a similar heraldic fiction, conferred upon him his name and armorial bearings. 
 Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series 