mural crown

noun

1

: an open crown of gold having the upper rim indented to resemble a battlement bestowed among the ancient Romans on one that first mounted the wall of a besieged place and lodged a standard there

2

or mural coronet : a representation of an embattled open crown in heraldry

Word History

Etymology

translation of Latin corona muralis

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