CLARION, in heraldry, a bearing as represented in Plate LXV. fig. 5. he bears ruby, three clarions topaz, being the arms of the earl of Bath, by the name of Granville: Guillim is of opinion, that these three clarions are a kind of old-fashioned trumpets; but others say, that they rather resemble the rudder of a ship; others, a rest for a lance.