English

Noun

inescutcheon ‎(plural inescutcheons)

1. (heraldry) A small escutcheon within another
   • 1992, Duane L. C. M. Galles, “The Reform of Ecclesiastical Heraldry Revisited”, in The American Benedictine Review, volume 43, number 4, ISSN 0002-7650, footnote 15, page 424:

     When he became titular bishop of Hippo and auxiliary bishop of Boston, he added an inescutcheon or small shield in the center of his shield bearing a gold heart inflamed pierced by an arrow and on a blue field.