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Definition of Blazoning
1. Noun. The action of the verb ''to blazon''; the activity of describing heraldic coats of arms. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of blazon) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blazoning
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blazoning
Literary usage of Blazoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
""most blasphemously introduces as an heraldic disquisition, a treatise ' On the
Proper Mode of blazoning God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ..."
2. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"blazoning in Tinctures. ' All the devices blazoned on the Shield In their own
... blazoning ..."
3. An Introduction to Heraldry: With Nearly One Thousand Illustrations by Hugh Clark, James Robinson Planché (1866)
"A repetition, in blazoning a coat, of such words as of, on, and, with, is accounted a
... In blazoning of charges, be they of what nature or kind soever, ..."
4. The Life and Labours of Albany Fonblanque by Albany William Fonblanque, Edward Barrington De Fonblanque (1874)
"... of constant watching, and the ridiculous blazoning of every ordinary word and
action.—(1844.) THE verdict for the plaintiff in the action ' Powell v. ..."
5. Handbook of Heraldry: With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and by John Edwin Cussans (1893)
"CHAPTER XI blazoning 1 Plain Coates are noblest, though y° vulgar eye Take Joseph's
for the best in ..."
6. A Familiar Introduction to Heraldry: Explaining in a Series of Lectures the by Archibald Barrington (1848)
"... will have no difficulty in understanding the terms we may have to make use of
in blazoning the different coats of arms to which reference will be made. ..."
7. A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, in Two Parts by Hugh Clark (1827)
"In blazoning of charges, be they of what nature or kind soever, ... In blazoning
of ordinaries formed of straight lines, you must only name the ordinary, ..."
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