(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
(n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
(n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
Example Sentences:
(1) The abdominal escutcheon, and certain aspects of pre-anal organ morphology, have been studied in Sphaerodactylus spp.
(2) The sphaerodactyline escutcheon becomes larger by the peripheral addition of specialized scales with increasing size of the individuals: this relationship is much more clearcut in S. cinereus than in the notatus species group (sensu Shreves, '68), and the possible reasons for this are discussed.
(3) This operation provides obvious cosmetic advantages in hairline refinement and the reconstruction of eyebrows, eyelashes, beards, and pubic escutcheon.
(4) A combination of tail butt, escutcheon and neck produced probabilities (0.58 and above) considered adequate to form the basis of an examination system.
(5) A gonad-like organ could be palpable at bilateral inguinal area and pubic hair was a female escutcheon in spite of complete male phenotype for both external genitalia and posterior urethra by retrograde urethrogram.
(6) Facial hirsuties, non-hereditary frontal balding, voice changes, male escutcheon, and mild clitorimegaly accompanied a right adnexal mass.
Portate
Definition:
(a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.