Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—U

Ulster Badge

A sinister hand, erect, open, and couped at the wrist (gules), sometimes borne in a canton, and sometimes on the escutcheon. (See under Hand as above.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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