“dimidiation”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dimidiation

释义

dimidiation|dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən, daɪ-|
[ad. L. dīmidiātiōn-em, n. of action from dīmidiāre to halve: see dimidiate a.]
The action of halving, or condition of being halved; spec. in Her. the combination or ‘marshalling’ of two coats of arms by placing side by side the dexter half of one and the sinister half of the other; an early form of impalement.
c1425Craft Nombrynge (E.E.T.S.) 5 Þer ben .7...partes of þis craft. The first is called addicion, þe seconde.. subtraccion. The thryd is called duplacion. The 4...dimydicion.1658Phillips, Dimidiation, a dividing in the midst, a cutting into two halves.1780J. Edmondson Heraldry 179 This method of impaling arms by dimidiation hath been for some time laid aside in England.1847Parker Gloss. Brit. Her. 113 Dimidiation, the dexter half of the husband's arms being joined to the sinister half of the wife's.1882Cussans Handbk. Her. xii. (ed. 3) 164 Marshalling by Dimidiation was, towards the close of the Fourteenth Century, superseded by Impalement.

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