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Definition of Hatchment
1. n. A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement.
Definition of Hatchment
1. Noun. (heraldry) An escutcheon of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hatchment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatchment
Literary usage of Hatchment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"In county palatine, the hatchment for a deceased Bishop of that See ... 7 ; which
is the hatchment of the late Shute Barrington, Lord Bishop of Durham. ..."
2. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1809)
"[From the Morning Chronicle, April i iJ " 'T is not so much to tell my Wife is
dead, As to make known, Sir, that I want another I'* " rr<HE Hatchment tells ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The funeral hatchment is in the form of a lozenge, upon which the shield is ...
In the hatchment of an unmarried lady, the legend is omitted and a knot of ..."
4. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1898)
"Hatchment.—On a background party per pale black and white, ... Hatchment.—On a
background all black, n lozenge charged with ROPER ; impaling, Gules, ..."
5. Royal Windsor by William Hepworth Dixon (1880)
"Hatchment DOWN ! 1546-7. NEVER had Surrey's shield looked brighter than a month
before his fall. While he was dancing with Elizabeth—now recognised as royal ..."
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