Adorned with or having flanches; bearing the heraldic design of flanches on a shield.
Past participle of flanche, or adjective formed from flanche. Used in heraldic descriptions of shields decorated with this specific design.
Medieval heralds could read a flanched shield and immediately understand which family held certain lands—heraldry was literally a visual language of political power and lineage.
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