Escutcheon vs Gyronny - What's the difference?
escutcheon | gyronny |
(heraldry) An individual or corporate coat of arms.
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(heraldiccharge) A small shield used to charge a larger one.
(medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
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(nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
(heraldry, of an escutcheon) Covered with gyrons, or divided into several gyrons.
(Webster 1913)
As a noun escutcheon
is an individual or corporate coat of arms.As an adjective gyronny is
covered with gyrons, or divided into several gyrons.escutcheon
English
Noun
(wikipedia escutcheon) (en noun)- The milk-mirror, or escutcheon , is formed by the hair above the udder, extending upwards between the thighs,