What does blazon mean?
Blazon means (heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms..
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/ˈbleɪzən/ · noun
(heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms..
...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous
The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].
We must banish, therefore, the persistent but wholly erroneous notion that the heralds invented many of the terms used in blazon and borrowed the rest from the everyday lexicon of terms...
He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...]
Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company.
Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, / Do give thee five-fold blazon.
the following coat of arms, which I will send you in the original language, not being herald enough to blazon it in English
After Blazoning the Shield, you proceed to the exterior ornaments viz.: The Helmet, Lambrequin, Crest, Supporters, Badge, and Motto
Use blazon when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blazon means (heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms..
Common synonyms include blaze, emblazon, blazonry, arms.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous
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