The Collaborative International Dictionary
Signalment
Signalment \Sig"nal*ment\, n.
The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description
by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.
--Mrs.
Browning.
Wiktionary
signalment
n. 1 The act of signalling, or of signalize. 2 Description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.