Crusader - Law Dictionary Search Results
Coat armour
they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights, who went to the Holy Land during the crusades, for the purpose of identifying them, some such contrivance being necessary in order to distinguish knights when clad
Croyses
the cross upon their garments, Bract. 1. 5, pt. 2, c. ii. The term was used to signify crusaders.
Gules
red. The word is derived from the Arabic word gule, a rose, and was probably introduced by the Crusaders. Gules is denoted in engravings by numerous perpendicular lines. Heralds who blazoned by planets and jewels called it
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Massamore or MassyMore
name for a dungeon, derived from the Moorish language, perhaps as far back as the time of the Crusades.
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