Rustred
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rustred is an adjective meaning (historical and heraldry) Having rustres.
Meaning
(historical and heraldry) Having rustres.
Example Sentences
[image of (a) papelonné and (b) masculy; caption:] Two shields (a) representing rustred armour, and (b) mascled armour, anno 1100.
[...] blazons argent, pale gules, charged with three fusels in the field pointed downwards and a tortueau azure rustred [translating forata] or and accosted by two similar torteau, bordure argent and gules.
(By its interwoven mascles his hanberk^([sic]) is conspicuously marked.) This was called "rustred armour," as contrasted with "ringed armour," one row of flat rings, about double the usual size, being laid over the other so that two in the upper partially covered one below.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rubious, rubific, rustick, erithroid, roddy, red-brick.
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