accosted

English

Adjective

accosted (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Supported on both sides by other charges.
   • 1907, Cyrus Adler, Isidore Singer, The Jewish Encyclopedia, page 127:

     Capadose (Amsterdam, The Hague): Divided, 1, sinople, two small angels proper, affronté in chief, holding together a mantle gules, lined ermine, in point a beehive or, put upon a terrace proper; the beehive accosted by four bees or, and accompanied by two other bees or, brochant upon the terrace underneath the beehive; [...]

2. (heraldry) Side by side.
   • 1887, Edmund Farrer, The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: pt. I., page 253:

     Barrett, impaling, A chevron between six rams accosted, counter-tripping, two, two, and two (Harman of Rendlesham and […]

   • 1925, National Americana Society, Americana Illustrated, page 550:

     (Gules, two ash trees accosted or, surmounted by a falcon of the same.)

Derived terms

• unaccosted

 

Verb

accosted

1. simple past and past participle of accost

Further reading

• 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 90:

  Two lions accosted counter-couchant means that they lie side by side, with their heads in contrary directions. Again, two lions counter - couchant in pale denotes that one occupies the upper part of the shield, and the other the [lower].

Anagrams

• stoccade