MEANING
A panel displaying a person's heraldic arms in connection with their death, often on a diamond-shaped board.
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- funerary hatchment
- family hatchment
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A funerary hatchment hung above the locked entrance.
The family hatchment had faded until only the outline remained.
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- hatchment
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular hatchment; plural hatchments. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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