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Meanings of escutcheon in English
Item that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder on a door.
Main or focal element in an achievement of arms.
Usage of escutcheon in English
1
Treachery to it is daubed on many an escutcheon in its heraldry.
2
He left no stain on the escutcheon of a captain of industry.
3
This is undoubtedly a deep blot on the escutcheon of our hero.
4
He found his name tattooed in blue, on a rudely designed escutcheon.
5
What was he doing with the three lilies emblazoned on his escutcheon?
6
Honestly, now, Chevalier, is it not the man rather than the escutcheon?
7
His endeavour was, to prove the devise of his escutcheon: 'Que sçais-je?'
8
And had not he obstacles?-unrequitedlove, escutcheon to make bright and whole?
9
Do you want that on the family escutcheon? Timothy asked from the window.
10
The shell is thin, white; with a pale brown and deeply grooved escutcheon
11
To the left of the escutcheon was the figure of a woman, standing.
12
A closed carriage with escutcheon and coronet followed the two slowly.
13
This was a blot upon the escutcheon of more than one illustrious family.
14
None of these blots can be traced on the Jewish escutcheon.
15
Women always were a blot on the escutcheon of scientific progress.
16
And so I struck our own escutcheon, and it sounded hollow.
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