Arm

Inglese

the human arm is often used as a crest or as a charge. It should be described as dexter, or sinister; also, in regard to position, as embowed, or counter-embowed; and as naked, vested, or vambraced, according to its covering. When couped at the elbow, it is termed a cubit-arm

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