Research Results For 'Palewise'

COUNTERCHANGED

In heraldry counterchanged means having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and a cross is borne
counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.
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IMPALE

In heraldry impale means to join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
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IMPALEMENT

In heraldry, impalement is the division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, especially for the purpose of marshalling or putting side-by-side (impaling) the arms of husband and wife (see Arms of Alliance).
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PALEWISE

In heraldry, palewise means in the manner of a pale or pales, that is by perpendicular lines or divisions for example to divide an escutcheon
palewise.
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PILE

In heraldry, a pile is one of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

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