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per pale en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).
    • per pale gules and argent; tierced per pale; an escutcheon tierced per pale and per chevron
    • Alexander Wemyss of Lathocar, however, in 1511 bears, per pale, dexter a lion rampant for Wemyss, and sinister a saltire. The saltire is probably his wife's arms. 1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 161:

Translations (8)

pt partido (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale) · nl gedeeld (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale) · it partito (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale) · de gespalten (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale) · sv kluven (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale) · fr parti (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale) · es partido (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale) · ca partit (heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale)