umbrated

umbrated
\\|əm|brād.ə̇d\ adjective
Etymology: Latin umbratus (past participle of umbrare to shade) + English -ed
: drawn indistinctly or in outline on a heraldic field

many an umbrated charge is … displayed upon a parti-colored field — M.R.Holmes


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