| NOUN | artifact | armorial bearing, charge, bearing, heraldic bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
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| Meaning | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. | |
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| Synonyms | charge, bearing, heraldic bearing | |
| Narrower | annulet | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring |
| chevron | An inverted V-shaped charge | |
| fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys | (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris | |
| ordinary | (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields | |
| roundel | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle | |
| Broader | heraldry | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms |
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