"Argent, a sword proper couped, hilted or. HILTED. The handle of a sword tinctured." -Hall, 1862
"Gules, a sword erect in pale, argent, surmounted by two keys, saltier, or. SURMOUNTED. A figure or…
"Argent, three swords in pile, their points towards the base. IN PILE. Arms or other charges that are…
A common item of men's clothing during the Middle Ages. It is a short coat with short sleeves or shoulder…
"Argent, a talbot's head erased, semé of billets. TALBOT. A dog formerly used for hunting. It…
"Gules, three towers embattled argent. BATTLEMENTS. Divisions or apertures on the top of castle walls…
"Argent, a pile, azure, issuing from the chief between two others, transposed. TRANSPOSED. Charges or…
"TRESSURE. An ordinary not so broad as an orle. It generally forms a border to the inescutcheon. Tressures…
"Or, a double tressure, gules. The tressure is a border at some distance from the edge of the field,…
"Argent, a double tressure, flory and counter-flory, gules. Tressures are generally ornamented, or borne…
"Vert, two triangles braced, argent. BRACED. Two figures of the same form, interlacing each other."…
"Shield and supporters of Jaspar Tudor, K.G., Earl of Pembroke in 1452 and in 1485 Duke of Bedford;…
"TURRETED. A wall or castle having small turrets. In the annexed example the square tower has circular…
"Azure, three unicorns' heads proper, erased, horned or. HORNED. This term is used to denote that the…
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, vair, represented by alternating azure (blue) and argent…
"Argent, three dexter arms, vambraced, couped. VAMBRACED. Armour for the arms." -Hall, 1862
"Vert, a bordure argent, verdoy, of trefoils. VERDOY. A bordure charged with eight leaves." -Hall, 1862
A heraldic shield with a green (vert) surface, represented by the diagonal lines drawn from the top…
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the color tincture, vert (green), represented by diagonal lines…
"Gules, a bend sinister, voided, argent. VOIDED. A term applied when any part of an ordinary is left…
"Azure, a voider, argent. In the voider the lines are still wider apart; this ordinary occupies nearly…
The Coat of Arms of George Washington's family. It is said to be in inspiration of the stars and stripes…
"WINGS ERECT. Wings are called erect when their long feathers point upwards." -Hall, 1862
"Argent, a wivern, wings raised. WIVERN. A chimerical animal, the upper part resembling a dragon." -Hall,…
"WREATH. A chaplet of two different-coloured silks wound round each other, and placed on the top of…
"WREATH. A chaplet of two different-coloured silks wound round each other, and placed on the top of…