canting arms

English

The arms of the Bowes-Lyon family are bows and lions.

Noun

canting arms pl (plural only)

1. (heraldry) A heraldic bearing in the form of a visual pun.

Translations

heraldic bearing in the form of a visual pun

• Catalan: arms parlants f pl
• Czech: mluvící znamení m
• Danish: talende våben n
• Dutch: sprekend wapen n
• Finnish: puhuva vaakuna
• French: armes parlantes (fr) f pl
• German: Redendes Wappen n
• Hungarian: beszélő címer
• Italian: arma parlante (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: talende våpen n

  Nynorsk: talande våpen n

• Polish: herb mówiący m
• Portuguese: armas falantes f pl
• Russian: гласный герб m (glasnyj gerb)
• Spanish: armas parlantes f pl
• Swedish: talande vapen n