(heraldry, UK) An escutcheon used to display the arms of the bearer's wife (not commonly used unless she is an heiress).
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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