ESCUTCHEON (0. Fr. escucheon, escusson,

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• MODERN

modern dcusson, through a

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• LATE

Late

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• LAT

Lat.

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form from Lat. Scutum,

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• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield)  , an heraldic term for a shield with armorial bearings displayed (see HERALDRY) . The word is also applied to the shields used on tombs, in the spandrils of doors or in string-courses, and to the ornamented plates from the centre of which door-rings, knockers, &c., are suspended, or which protect the wood of the key-hole from the wear of the key . In medieval times these were often worked in a very beautiful manner .