Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of shadow
- not comparablegovernmentDepicted with shading, as if showing areas in shadow.
[...] 2d and 3d Gules, a Man's Heart proper, Shadowed Or, betwixt three Cinquefoils Ermine, for Hamilton […]
1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 3943 more examples
The supporters have rede collares about there nekes "bordered with gold, and are vert" shadowed gules and blew, proper, like parates.
1862, Thomas Tonge, Heraldic Visitation of the Northern Counties in 1530, page 27Consequently, a month later, by the Maid's desire, the King gave to Guy de Cailly a grant of new arms on a field azure, three heads of cherubim, winged, bearded in flame-colour, which is or shadowed with gules.
1895, The Nineteenth Century, page 872Armorial bearings (L.O., 1678-9) Quarterly 1 and 4, gules a mullet argent between three cinquefoils ermine; 2 and 3 gules, a man's heart proper shadowed or, between three cinquefoils ermine, all within a bordure argent[…]
1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 116
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefilled with shade
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