coat of arms

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

In heraldry, a complete arrangement of the bearings belonging to one person; usually an achievement. The term is without precise significance, for its original meaning is the embroidered surcoat of a man at arms in which his armorial bearings were shown, and in modern usage it covers sometimes the whole achievement, sometimes the escutcheon alone. (Sturgis, 1900)