The surname Olmstead: heraldry, coat of arms and coat of arms

If your surname is Olmstead, surely on more than one occasion you have wondered about the heraldry of the surname Olmstead. Likewise, you might be interested if the surname Olmstead belongs to a relative of yours or someone very important to you. The heraldry of surnames is a fascinating world that still attracts a lot of attention today, and that is why more and more people are asking about the heraldry of the Olmstead surname.

The heraldry of Olmstead, a complicated topic

Sometimes it can be very confusing to try to explain how the heraldry of surnames works, however, we are going to try to explain the heraldry of the surname Olmstead in the simplest possible way. We recommend that to better understand everything we are going to tell you about the heraldry of the surname Olmstead, if you are totally unaware of how the coats of arms and heraldry came about, go to our main page and read the general explanation we give you there, that way you can better appreciate everything we have compiled about the heraldry of the surname Olmstead for you.

Coat of arms, coat of arms and heraldry of Olmstead

Similarly, and to make things easier, since we understand that most of the people looking for information about the Olmstead surname heraldry are especially interested in the coat of arms of the Olmstead surname, its composition, the meaning of its elements and if there are several coats of arms for the Olmstead surname, as well as everything that may have to do with the coat of arms of the Olmstead surname; we have taken the liberty of being flexible and using the words heraldry and coat of arms interchangeably when referring to the coat of arms of Olmstead.

Contributions to the heraldry of the surname Olmstead

We hope that the flexibility on the coat of arms of the Olmstead surname will not be taken as a lack of seriousness on our part, since we are constantly investigating to be able to offer the most rigorous information possible on the Olmstead coats of arms. However, if you have more information about the Olmstead heraldry, or you notice an error that needs to be corrected, please let us know so that we can have the biggest and best information on the net about the Olmstead coat of arms, explained in a simple and easy way.

  • Animated - 1. Term used to indicate the head of any animal, which even being separated shows life in the eyes, are usually represented with gules or gold.
  • Cabriado - 1. It is said of the shield or the curd of metal and color goats alternately. (V. Chevronado).
  • Cherub - 1. Only the head of an angel with two wings is usually drawn, with gold hair and wings can be enameled gold or silver with a face of carnation, but it should indicate the enamel in which it is painted. 2. External ornament of the shield. (V. Angelote).
  • Denmark crown - 1. Similar to that of Sweden, but surmontada of a tremboling cross.
  • Drawbridge - 1. It is said of the bridge that carries the doors of some castles, towers.
  • Extraordinary partition - 1. It is the partition formed by the slice the trchado and the slide. Very rare partition in the Spanish and European and difficult Blasonar heraldry. 2. Partition formed by the cut, party and semiparite towards the tip.
  • Host - 1. Catholic cult object. Metal box in which non -consecrated hosts are stored. They can be painted round and flat with which a small cross is inserted.
  • Nebulated - 1. Piece whose undulating profiles forming a concave surface in the form of cloud. There is normal or small nebulous and the elongated mist (Italian type). 2. It is said of the shield partition with a cloud -shaped dividing line. 3. Divide piece
  • oval - 1. Curve closed to the ellipse. Used in French heraldry.
  • Potented - 1. This term is applied to the shield field which is covered by poenzas arranged so that the field of it can be seen. 2. Term used to designate the cross, whose extremes of the arms end in a potent. 3. It is said of the girdle
  • Wave verado. - 1. Said see that without being silver and azur follow the order of seeing that are represented forming waves.
  • wreath - 1. Ornamental figure formed with flowers, herbs, intertwined or united with tapes. In heraldry there are various kinds of them.