Unit #3 Vocab _ 2

Question 1

shooting along a castle wall

Answer 1

lateral defense

Question 2

vertically sliding grille used to protect a hall or entryway

Answer 2

portcullis

Question 3

a charge in the shape of a spot, with specific names due to what color it is

Answer 3

roundel

Question 4

verbal description of a heraldic arms, precise and concise as possible

Answer 4

blazon

Question 5

or, argent, gules, azure, purpure, vert, sable

Answer 5

gold, silver, red, blue, purple, green, black

Question 6

designated hue of a shield/heraldic arms, divided into two categories

Answer 6

tincture

Question 7

decorative and symbolic material surround a shield

Answer 7

augmentations

Question 8

parts of “achievement of arms”:
[figures] [fluttering flourish]
[above] [beneath shield]

Answer 8

supporters, mantling,

helm, motto

Question 9

artificial hill

Answer 9

motte

Question 10

the protected yard a motte is in

Answer 10

bailey

Question 11

towers for lateral defense

Answer 11

bastions

Question 12

lion charge forms:

[rampant] [passant]

Answer 12

rearing on one leg, walking

Question 13

round bastions that extruded from rectangular wall structure, often at corner points

Answer 13

D-towers

Question 14

symbols that mark position of a son in line of inheritance

Answer 14

marks of cadency

Question 15

charges arrayed across part of a shield in a pattern/repeating

Answer 15

semy

Question 16

post of a lion

Answer 16

presentation

Question 17

top pathway along castle walls

Answer 17

wall walk

Question 18

raised wall that shields the wall walk

Answer 18

battlements

Question 19

a notch form which alternates between teeth and gaps

Answer 19

crenellation

Question 20

the “teeth” of crenellation

Answer 20

merlons

Question 21

the “gaps” of crenellation

Answer 21

embrasures

Question 22

system of bracketing/holes to allow the vertical defense of a wall by shooting straight down

Answer 22

machicolation

Question 23

semi-open coverings over battlements

Answer 23

hoardings

Question 24

geometric designs imposed on shields

Answer 24

divisions

Question 25

most common divisions on a shield are called

Answer 25

ordinaries

Question 26

1) zig-zag line on shield
2) wave-like line on shield
3) crenellation design on shield

Answer 26

1) indented
2) wavy
3) embatted

Question 27

parts of a shield:

1) top 2) left 3) right 4) bottom

Answer 27

1) chief
2) sinister (viewer’s right side)
3) dexter (viewer’s left side)
4) base

Question 28

wooden fence that encloses the bailey

Answer 28

palisade

Question 29

the tower on the motte

Answer 29

keep

Question 30

thin outward-facing openings too narrow to climb through but are used for attack/light

Answer 30

arrow loops

Question 31

little pictures, designs, emblems placed on a shield

Answer 31

charges

Question 32

realistic charges are called

Answer 32

proper charges

Question 33

defensive trench, which could be empty or filled with water, that surrounded a castle

Answer 33

moat

Question 34

sloping the lower part of an outward castle wall so as to make offense/attack difficult for the enemy

Answer 34

battered

Question 35

the inner ward area surrounded by the inner walls

Answer 35

inner bailey