Definition of "escarbuncle" []

• A carbuncle. (noun)

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• "Quarterly or, and gules, an escarbuncle sable; (5.)"
• "Also, if a Shield charged with an escarbuncle and many lioncels, which has been assigned to GEOFFREY Count of ANJOU, was really borne by the Founder of the House of PLANTAGENET,"
• "The figure called an escarbuncle, No. 19, is simply a shield-boss developed into decorative structural metal-work."