label or lambel a piece of silk or linen with three pendants usually used as a mark of cadency, by a royal warrant of 24 February 1975 labels assigned a sovereign's grandchild (except the eldest son of a Prince of Wales) are hereditary (see file)
lambrequin the cloak on which achievements are painted (see mantle)
langued used when an animal's tongue is of a different colour from its body
lattice, tirlace or trellée a trellis whose pieces are nailed together at the crossings
laurel an emblem of victory and triumph
laver a cutter or ploughshare
legged used when the legs of an animal or bird are of a different colour from its body (see membered)
leopard French heralds used to call the lion passant guardant a leopard and the royal lions of England were at one time so blazoned
leopard's faces a phrase used when no part of the neck appears and the posture is full-faced when erased or couped at the neck in profile the word head is used instead
lever a cormorant
leveret a young hare
lined the inside lining of a piece of clothing when differently coloured from the outside also used of chains and ropes fixed to the collars of animals
lioncel or lionel a young lion
lion dragon a monster with the upper half a lion and the lower half a dragon
Lion of England sometimes used for a lion rampant guardant
lion poisson or sea lion a monster resembling a lion in the upper half and a fish in the lower with webbed feet
liston the scroll or ribbon on which the motto is inscribed
lodged used of beasts of the chase when lying on the ground
lopped or snagged cut so as to show the thickness
lozenge a diamond-shaped charge
lozengy covered with lozenges
lucy or luce a pike fish
luna the moon
lure or leure conjoined wings expanded, elevated and united at the bottom (see hawk's lure and wings)
lymphad or galley a ship with one mast and many oars (see gads)