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armorial bearing

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Noun1.armorial bearingarmorial bearing - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
heraldic bearing, bearing, charge
annulet, roundel - (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel"
chevron - an inverted V-shaped charge
fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis - (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris
heraldry - emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
ordinary - (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields


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"At least," he said to himself, "I shall there have a firebrand of joy wherewith to warm myself, and I can sup on some crumbs of the three great armorial bearings of royal sugar which have been erected on the public refreshment-stall of the city.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Standish, the old lawyer, who had been so long concerned with the landed gentry that he had become landed himself, and used that oath in a deep-mouthed manner as a sort of armorial bearings, stamping the speech of a man who held a good position.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
A carriage and four splendid horses, covered with armorial bearings, however, awaited us at Mudbury, four miles from Queen's Crawley, and we made our entrance to the baronet's park in state.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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