scutcheon
/ˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
noun
An escutcheon; a small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.
Example Sentences
- "But she againe him in the shield did smite / With so fierce furie and great puissaunce, / That, through his three-square scuchin piercing quite / And through his mayled hauberque, by mischaunce / The wicked steele through his left side did glaunce."
- "The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes."
- "There be now, for martial encouragement, some degrees and orders of chivalry; which nevertheless are conferred promiscuously, upon soldiers and no soldiers; and some remembrance perhaps, upon the scutcheon; and some hospitals for maimed soldiers; and such like things."
- "The Attorney-General, however, had used this episode, which Martin in retrospect had felt to be a blot on the scutcheon, merely to emphasise the intelligence and resource of the prisoner."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/