What does armorial bearing mean?

armorial bearing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.17 in modern English

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"[…]when the French seized Malta they were by no means so delicate. They effaced armorial bearings with their usual hot-headed eagerness; and a few years after they had torn down the coats of arms of the gentry, the heroes of Malta and Egypt were busy devising heraldry for themselves, and were wild to be barons and counts of the empire."

armorial bearings (plural)

coat of arms

coat of arms

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