Escutcheon

(noun.) a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms.

(noun.) (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed.

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• Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if his chocolate had been ignobly waited on by only three men; he must have died of two. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I feel now like a man who has redeemed a failing reputation and shed luster upon a dimmed escutcheon, by a single just deed done at the eleventh hour. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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