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noun
A display of the arms, supporters, crests, motto, etc of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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History
From Middle French hachement, a modification of Old French acesmement (“adornment”) (related to Italian accismare); not, as is often claimed, an alteration of achievement.
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