v. Obs. Also 7 entower. [ad. F. entourer: see prec.]
1. To surround (with a halo or the like).
1623. trans. Favine’s Theat. Hon., II. xiii. 235. Entoured with beames.
1653. A. Ross, Πανσεβεια (1658), 349. The Image of the Virgin Mary, entowered with a Golden Sun.
2. Her. In pa. pple. (See quot.)
1847. Parker, Gloss. Brit. Her., s.v., A shield decorated with branches, an ornament not strictly heraldic, is said by some to be entoured with them. In mod. Dicts.
