Ermine

Categories: Heraldic tinctures | Animal products | Disambiguation

Ermine has several different meanings.

  • Stoat, or short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea)
  • The name ermine can also refer to the white fur of this animal, which is used for the bordering of judges' robes in France and the UK.
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the Flag of Brittany
  • In heraldry, one of the furs used in blazoning, representing the skin of the stoat. A field of ermine is argent (white) with sable (black) spots of a particular shape. The blazon of Bretagne is "Ermine", the shortest blazon in existence.

A field of ermines is sable with argent spots. A field of erminois is Or with sable spots. A field of pean, finally, is sable with Or spots.fr:Hermine

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