escutcheon
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If you’re looking for a kitchen or bathroom faucet that can be installation-friendly, one-hole faucets with optional escutcheon base plates can usually be used for one- or three-hole faucet applications.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
Henry’s blazon is even more traditional than his wife’s; here’s just the part dealing with the escutcheon:
From Slate ● May 26, 2018
He wrote again, rejecting Jefferson’s view that “the difficult work of cleansing the escutcheon of Virginia” should fall solely upon young men like himself.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2016
Think of pretentiousness as holding something in front of you, like actors wearing masks in ancient Greek tragedy, or medieval knights presenting their escutcheon.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2016
Like a new Boy Scout, transported with enthusiasm, he would have stuck the cross on his escutcheon, on his coat, on his helm, on his saddle, and on the horse’s curb.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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