Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

of the colours

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: of the -colours
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Having, in alternating sections, the principal metal and principal colour of the associated arms.

Example Sentences

"CREST – Upon a torce of the colours, a swan's neck and breast, with wings displayed, proper."
"Crests - 1. on a wreath of the colours, a cock proper, charged with a crescent gules (Corry); 2. on a wreath of the colours, a garland between two laurel branches vert (Lowry)[…]"
"The shield is ensigned by a helmet to dexter with mantlings or and gules, and surmounted by the crest; out of a torse of the colours a lion rampant issuant or."
"Unless other tinctures are specified, the torse, like the mantling, is of the colours, i.e. of the principal metal and the principal colour."

Questions

What does of the colours mean?: Having, in alternating sections, the principal metal and principal colour of the associated arms.

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