umbrated

adjective

um·​brat·​ed

¦əm¦brātə̇d

: drawn indistinctly or in outline on a heraldic field

many an umbrated charge is … displayed upon a parti-colored field

—M. R. Holmes

Word History

Etymology

Latin umbratus (past participle of umbrare to shade) + English -ed

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