to put a handle or sleeve on something, especially in heraldry or coat-of-arms design.
From en- + manche (from Old French manche meaning 'sleeve' or 'handle,' derived from Latin manica). Used primarily in heraldic terminology to describe the representation of sleeves in coat-of-arms designs.
In heraldry, the 'manche' or sleeve was considered a mark of nobility and honor, so 'enmanching' someone's coat of arms was a way of formally recording their status in the elaborate visual language of medieval nobility.
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