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escutcheon
escutcheon is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (See Chiff Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.
- 2noun
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 is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
- 3noun
That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
- 4noun
A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
- 5noun
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
- 6noun
a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
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- 7noun
(nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
- 8noun
a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
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