escutcheon

Example Sentences

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The Cadillac escutcheon at the tailgate is also the switch that opens the hatch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

For a modern apartment in a Nashville high-rise, however, he chose a streamlined lever with a flat profile and square escutcheon from Nanz: “It’s a modern lever, done in a clean and simple way.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2019

Henry’s blazon is even more traditional than his wife’s; here’s just the part dealing with the escutcheon:

From Slate • May 26, 2018

He wrote again, rejecting Jefferson’s view that “the difficult work of cleansing the escutcheon of Virginia” should fall solely upon young men like himself.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2016

Like a new Boy Scout, transported with enthusiasm, he would have stuck the cross on his escutcheon, on his coat, on his helm, on his saddle, and on the horse’s curb.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White