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Abatement (heraldry)
An abatement, in heraldry, is a modification of the shield or coat of arms that supposedly can be imposed by authority (in England supposedly by the Court of Chivalry) for misconduct. Each abatement is supposed to be a specific charge in a specific "staynand colour" or stain (tawney, also called tenne; sanguine or murrey) for a specific offence; the charges if themselves charged or of a regular colour, metal or fur (or, in some cases, if the charge in question appeared as multiples, not as a single charge of the kind) were not supposed to symbolise anything dishonourable.
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