noun

• (heraldry) An individual or corporate coat of arms.
• (heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one.
• (medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
• A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
• (nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
• A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
• The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
• The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.