Towers Embattled
"Gules, three towers embattled argent. BATTLEMENTS. Divisions or apertures on the top of castle walls…
Transposed
"Argent, a pile, azure, issuing from the chief between two others, transposed. TRANSPOSED. Charges or…
Tressure
"TRESSURE. An ordinary not so broad as an orle. It generally forms a border to the inescutcheon. Tressures…
Tressure Ordinary
"Or, a double tressure, gules. The tressure is a border at some distance from the edge of the field,…
Double Tressure
"Argent, a double tressure, flory and counter-flory, gules. Tressures are generally ornamented, or borne…
Triangles Braced
"Vert, two triangles braced, argent. BRACED. Two figures of the same form, interlacing each other."…
Shield of Jaspar Tudor
"Shield and supporters of Jaspar Tudor, K.G., Earl of Pembroke in 1452 and in 1485 Duke of Bedford;…
Turband
"TURBAND. In coats of arms, where the knight was a Crusader, this figure often appears. It was the form…
Turreted
"TURRETED. A wall or castle having small turrets. In the annexed example the square tower has circular…
Unicorns Horned
"Azure, three unicorns' heads proper, erased, horned or. HORNED. This term is used to denote that the…
Upton
Nicholas Upton, the 15th-century writer on armory, bore Silver a saltire sable with the ends couped…
Vair
Vair is one of the furs in heraldry composed of several silver and blue pieces representing little shields.
Vair Shield Fur
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the fur, vair, represented by alternating azure (blue) and argent…
Crown Vallary
"The Crown Vallary is a circlet of gold, with palisades fixed to the rim and rising above it."—Aveling,…
Vambraced
"Argent, three dexter arms, vambraced, couped. VAMBRACED. Armour for the arms." -Hall, 1862
Verdoy
"Vert, a bordure argent, verdoy, of trefoils. VERDOY. A bordure charged with eight leaves." -Hall, 1862
Shield of Robert de Vere
The heraldic shield of Robert de Vere, close advisor of King Richard II of England.
Vert Shield
A heraldic shield with a green (vert) surface, represented by the diagonal lines drawn from the top…
Vert Shield Color
A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the color tincture, vert (green), represented by diagonal lines…
Voided
"Gules, a bend sinister, voided, argent. VOIDED. A term applied when any part of an ordinary is left…
Voided Cross
Voided, in heraldry, a term applied to a charge or ordinary pierced through, or having the inner part…
Voider Ordinary
"Azure, a voider, argent. In the voider the lines are still wider apart; this ordinary occupies nearly…
Washington Family Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms of George Washington's family. It is said to be in inspiration of the stars and stripes…
Weston Coat of Arms
"The male figure is that of Sir John de Weston, of Weston-Lizars, in Staffordshire, and Isabel his wife,…
Badge of Abbot John de Wheathamstede
The heraldic badge of Abbot John de Wheathamstede. This badge has a rebus, or a visual pun representing…
Whitegrave
Whitegrave of Staffordshire Nine pieces of Azure and of Stafford's arms which are gold with cheveron…
Wings Erect
"WINGS ERECT. Wings are called erect when their long feathers point upwards." -Hall, 1862
Wivern
"Argent, a wivern, wings raised. WIVERN. A chimerical animal, the upper part resembling a dragon." -Hall,…
Round Wreath
"WREATH. A chaplet of two different-coloured silks wound round each other, and placed on the top of…
Straight Wreath
"WREATH. A chaplet of two different-coloured silks wound round each other, and placed on the top of…
