Adumbrated

Inglese

said of a charge depicted with a shadow of the color of the shield. It is rare

E003 - Elements of heraldry, di William H. Whitmore - edito a New York nel 1866

or Umbrated: is said of any other charge, as well as of a cross, when it is represented in outline only; "and such bearing", says Gwillim, "is be better heralds than grammarians called transparent, because the field being on the other side, yet the colour and tincture thereof sheweth through the charge". It is, in fact, the shadow or umbra of a charge, and therefore called umbrated

E002 - Lectures on heraldry, di Archibald Barrington - edito a Londra nel 1844