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{{Short description|Heraldic attitude indicating curved or arched}} |
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[[Image:Western Cape coa.png|thumb|180px|Arms of the [[Western Cape Province]]]] |
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'''Embowed''' is a term in [[heraldry]] and [[architecture]] which means: |
'''Embowed''' ({{IPAc-en|ɛ|m|ˈ|b|oʊ|d}}) is a term in [[heraldry]] and [[architecture]] which means: |
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*''curved like a bow'' (when applied to fish, animals or heraldic charges) |
*''curved like a bow'' (when applied to fish, animals or heraldic charges) |
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*''bent'' (when applied to the human arm or leg), or |
*''bent'' (when applied to the human arm or leg), or |
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*''having an arch or arches''. |
*''having an arch or arches'' but, in the Anglophone heraldries, concave ones, not bulging out convex ones. |
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==Examples== |
==Examples== |
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The heraldic examples illustrated show the ''pile embowed inverted throughout azure'' of the [[Coat of arms of Western Cape |
The heraldic examples illustrated show the ''pile embowed inverted throughout azure'' of the [[Coat of arms of the Western Cape]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ngw.nl/int/zaf/prov/w-cape.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020127033727/http://www.ngw.nl/int/zaf/prov/w-cape.htm| archive-date = 2002-01-27| title = International Civic Heraldry - South African Civic Heraldry- WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE}} </ref> and the ''three legs embowed conjoined in the fesse points in armour proper spurred and garnished or'' of the [[Triskelion]] on the [[Flag of the Isle of Man]] and its [[Coat of arms of the Isle of Man|coat of arms]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/m/man.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010417011356/http://www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/m/man.htm| archive-date = 2001-04-17| title = International Civic Heraldry-United Kingdom MAN}} </ref> Fish embowed can be seen in the crest of Thompson Rivers University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?ProjectID=449&ProjectElementID=1523|title = Thompson Rivers University [Civil Institution]}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*''Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: An Authoritative Guide to the Terminology of Heraldry'' by Arthur Francis Pimbley (1908) |
*''Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: An Authoritative Guide to the Terminology of Heraldry'' by Arthur Francis Pimbley (1908) |
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*''[[Chambers Dictionary|Chambers 20th Century Dictionary]]'' ed. E. M. Kirkpatrick (W. & R. Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh, new edition, 1983) |
*''[[Chambers Dictionary|Chambers 20th Century Dictionary]]'' ed. E. M. Kirkpatrick (W. & R. Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh, new edition, 1983) |
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*[http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/pimb_e.htm Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry online - E] - accessed 17 July 2007 |
*[http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/pimb_e.htm Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry online - E] - accessed 17 July 2007 |
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 8 January 2022
Embowed (/ɛmˈboʊd/) is a term in heraldry and architecture which means:
- curved like a bow (when applied to fish, animals or heraldic charges)
- bent (when applied to the human arm or leg), or
- having an arch or arches but, in the Anglophone heraldries, concave ones, not bulging out convex ones.
Examples
[edit]The heraldic examples illustrated show the pile embowed inverted throughout azure of the Coat of arms of the Western Cape,[1] and the three legs embowed conjoined in the fesse points in armour proper spurred and garnished or of the Triskelion on the Flag of the Isle of Man and its coat of arms.[2] Fish embowed can be seen in the crest of Thompson Rivers University.[3]
References
[edit]- Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: An Authoritative Guide to the Terminology of Heraldry by Arthur Francis Pimbley (1908)
- Chambers 20th Century Dictionary ed. E. M. Kirkpatrick (W. & R. Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh, new edition, 1983)
- Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry online - E - accessed 17 July 2007
- ^ "International Civic Heraldry - South African Civic Heraldry- WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE". Archived from the original on 2002-01-27.
- ^ "International Civic Heraldry-United Kingdom MAN". Archived from the original on 2001-04-17.
- ^ "Thompson Rivers University [Civil Institution]".
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