An archaic or heraldic term for a charge or design that appears only partially visible, as if cut off by the edge of the shield.
From Old French aventure, meaning 'chance' or 'what comes before,' related to Latin adventura (things about to happen). In heraldry, it specifically means an image that ventures only partially into the visible field of the shield.
Medieval heralds had super specific vocabulary—they needed ways to describe when a lion or eagle was only halfway showing on a shield, so they borrowed the word for 'adventure' to mean 'what ventures partially into view.' It's like they were describing visual suspense!
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