HERALDIC BEARING
Dictionary entry overview: What does heraldic bearing mean?
• HERALDIC BEARING (noun)
The noun HERALDIC BEARING has 1 sense:
1. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Familiarity information: HERALDIC BEARING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HERALDIC BEARING (noun)
Meaning:
Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
armorial bearing; heraldic bearing; bearing; charge
Hypernyms ("heraldic bearing" is a kind of...):
heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heraldic bearing"):
annulet; roundel ((heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle)
chevron (an inverted V-shaped charge)
fleur-de-lis; fleur-de-lys ((heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris)
ordinary ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields)