Crossword-Solution: ESCUTCHEON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Escutcheon | n. | The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister. |
| Escutcheon | n. | A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities. |
| Escutcheon | n. | That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written. |
| Escutcheon | n. | A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole. |
| Escutcheon | n. | The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area. |
We have 16 clues for the answer “ESCUTCHEON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A shield or emblem having a coat of arms | 1 answer |
| An emblem or shield bearing a coat of arms | 1 answer |
| Emblematic shield | 1 answer |
| On which armorial bearings are displayed. | 1 answer |
| Wall hanging for the titled | 1 answer |
| keyhole-cover | 1 answer |
| especially one displaying a coat of arms | 2 answers |
| Hatchment | 3 answers |
| A PLATE ON A SHIP'S STERN ON WHICH THE NAME IS INSCRIBED | 11 answers |
| token of office | 16 answers |
| Coat of arms. | 36 answers |
| CREST ___ | 39 answers |
| medallion | 41 answers |
| Heraldry | 41 answers |
| Shield | 51 answers |
| Medal | 64 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ESCUTCHEON (5)
All around, there were monuments carved with armorial bearings; and on this simple slab of slate—as the curious investigator may still discern, and perplex himself with the purport—there appeared the semblance of an engraved escutcheon.
The entire matter was taken out of Tarzan’s hands one day by force of circumstances, and his future left open to him, so that he might go or stay without any stain upon his savage escutcheon.
Now it might have been supposed the a Circle—proud of his ancestry and regardful for a posterity which might possibly issue hereafter in a Chief Circle—would be more careful than any other to choose a wife who had no blot on her escutcheon.
Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if his chocolate had been ignobly waited on by only three men; he must have died of two.
Now it might have been supposed that a Circle--proud of his ancestry and regardful for a posterity which might possibly issue hereafter in a Chief Circle--would be more careful than any other to choose a wife who had no blot on her escutcheon.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1952–2002).