accosted
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]accosted (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Supported on both sides by other charges.
- 1907, Cyrus Adler, Isidore Singer, The Jewish Encyclopedia, page 127:
- Capadose (Amsterdam, The Hague): Divided, 1, sinople, two small angels proper, affronté in chief, holding together a mantle gules, lined ermine, in point a beehive or, put upon a terrace proper; the beehive accosted by four bees or, and accompanied by two other bees or, brochant upon the terrace underneath the beehive; [...]
- (heraldry) Side by side.
- 1887, Edmund Farrer, The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: pt. I., page 253:
- Barrett, impaling, A chevron between six rams accosted, counter-tripping, two, two, and two (Harman of Rendlesham and […]
- 1925, National Americana Society, Americana Illustrated, page 550:
- (Gules, two ash trees accosted or, surmounted by a falcon of the same.)
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]accosted
- simple past and past participle of accost
Further reading
[edit]- 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 90:
- Two lions accosted counter-couchant means that they lie side by side, with their heads in contrary directions. Again, two lions counter - couchant in pale denotes that one occupies the upper part of the shield, and the other the [lower].