appalmed

English

Adjective

appalmed (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, uncommon) Synonym of appaumé
   • 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 11:

     […] The term is however quite needless, as every hand not blazoned as aversant, or dorsed, is supposed to be appalmed.

   • 1908, Thomas Benolt, The Four Visitations of Berkshire, page 180:

     [...] on a ffess Argent 3 dex : hands appalm'd G. / Crest, on a Wreath a Lion ramp. Or in his Mouth a Hand Gules (cf. Mylles, Visit. London 1568, Harl. Soc., Vol. I., p. 11).

   • 2007, Timothy Wilks, Prince Henry Revived: Image and Exemplarity in Early Modern England, Paul Holberton Publishing:

     [...] the vertical staff surmounted by an appalmed hand bearing the motto, Fiducia concors, [...]