Definition of "impresa" in English

noun

1. (heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.

   • 1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter.