ornament around an escutcheon

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• Escutcheon — Es*cutch eon, n. [OF. escusson, F. [ e]cusson, from OF. escu shield, F. [ e]cu. See {Esquire}, {Scutcheon}.] 1. (Her.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Escutcheon of pretense — Escutcheon Es*cutch eon, n. [OF. escusson, F. [ e]cusson, from OF. escu shield, F. [ e]cu. See {Esquire}, {Scutcheon}.] 1. (Her.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rug and carpet — Any decorative textile normally made of a thick material and intended as a floor covering. Floor coverings made of plaited rushes date from the 5th or 4th millennium BC. Carpets were first made in central and western Asia as coverings for earthen …   Universalium

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• fil|let — «FIHL iht; n. 6, v. 2, usually fih LAY, FIHL ay», noun, verb. –n. 1. a narrow band, ribbon, or the like, worn around the head to hold the hair in place, often as an ornament: »a belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair (Alexander Pope). 2. a… …   Useful english dictionary