escudo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buckler noun One who buckles something.
- escutcheon noun The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
- shield noun A piece of protective armour carried in the hand or on the arm to block blows or weapons.
Senses
escudo is used for these senses in English:
- buckler (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
- escudo The current currency of Cape Verde.
- escutcheon (heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
- shield A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- écu (historical) A silver coin formerly used in France, with varying values.
buckler — full definition
- noun One who buckles something.
- noun A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
- noun A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
- noun One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
escutcheon — full definition
- noun The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
- noun A small shield used to charge a larger one.
- noun The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
- noun 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.