Term	Description
Label	A bearing closely resembling the strap with pendants which form the saddle crossed the horse's chest. It is the oldest mark of difference, but sometimes borne as a charge. As a difference it was used generally by the princes of the royal house. The number of points did not necessarily mean anything, although the label of three points was supposed to represent the heir during the lifetime of his father; five points, during the lifetime of his grandfather; seven points, while the great-grandfather still lived, etc. According to the modern system, the elder son of an elder son places a label upon a label.
Lace d'amour	A cord of running knots surrounding the arms of widows and unmarried women
Lampasse	The same as LANGUED.
Langued	Tongued; having the tongue visible. Applied to the tongue of a bird or beast when of a different tincture from that of the body
Lattice	A bordure formed of perpendicular and horizontal bars, interlaced or otherwise
Legged	The same as MEMBERED
Liard	A gray horse
Lion	The lion is the most popular beast in heraldry. The lion is drawn in about 30 attitudes, but it is seldom he is seen in other than rampant or passant.
Lionced	A bearing adorned with lions' heads, as, for instance, a cross with its ends terminating in lions' heads
Lodged	Applied to the buck, hart, hind, etc, when represented lying down
Lowered	Applied to ordinaries abated from their common position
Lozenge	A diamond-shaped bearing, usually with its upper and lower angles slightly acute.
Lozengee, Lozengy	A bearing or the field divided into lozenge-shaped compartments of different tinctures, the lines being drawn in the direction of the bend and bend sinister.
Lymphad	A galley; an ancient vessel, having one mast.

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