lampassé

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See also: lampasse

English

Adjective

lampassé (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, uncommon) Langued.
    • 1903, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, pages 129–131:
      […] Quarterly, 1, or, upon a rock proper an eagle in profille, proper, lampassé, gules; in his right claw a bunch of six arrows [...] Between wings, alternately or and azure, a stag's head proper, with antlers of yen, lampassé gules. Lambrequins : Azure and or.
    • 1908, William Harry Rylands, The Four Visitations of Berkshire Made and Taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux, Anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarenceux, Anno 1566; by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald, and John Philipott, Rouge Dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, Anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Anno 1665-66, page 212:
      ... the said James Smith haue thought fitt to declare and Assigne vnto him such armes as are herevnder mencõned (Viz) Azure a lyon Rampant or Armed and Lampasse Gules on a Cheiff Argent a Mullett of the third between two Torteuxes and […]
    • 1911, Monnett Family Genealogy: An Emphasis of a Noble Huguenot Heritage, Somewhat of the First Immigrants Isaac1 and Pierre1 Monnet, page 170:
      ... a lion sable, armed and lampassé gules; ...

French

Adjective

lampassé (feminine lampassée, masculine plural lampassés, feminine plural lampassées)

  1. (heraldry) langued

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