Blazon - Wikipedia In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct an accurate image The verb to blazon means to create such a description
Blazon | The Poetry Foundation Blazon: French for “coat-of-arms” or “shield ” A literary blazon (or blason) catalogues the physical attributes of a subject, usually female The device was made popular by Petrarch and used extensively by Elizabethan poets
A Grammar of Blazonry - Society for Creative Anachronism A blazon needs to be, not just correct, but full and correct: it is not enough to say just "lion" when the lion is dormant In many ways, therefore, blazonry is like a foreign language: it has vocabulary and grammar, both of which contribute to the meaning of a blazon
Heraldry - Symbols, Blazon, Armorial | Britannica Heraldic descriptions are called blazons The term is derived from the French blason, the etymology of which is uncertain Originally it denoted the shield of arms itself and still retains that meaning, but it is now generally used in a derivative sense as meaning the description of the arms
Blazon - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com ˈbleɪzn IPA guide Other forms: blazoned; blazoning; blazons Definitions of blazon noun the official symbols of a family, state, etc synonyms: arms, blazonry, coat of arms
blazon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary blazon (third-person singular simple present blazons, present participle blazoning, simple past and past participle blazoned) (transitive) To describe a coat of arms