champain
champain is the alternative form of champaine.
Meaning of champaine
Adjective
champaine
- Curved (concave), enarched, or sometimes varriated; especially in the phrase point champaine, an abatement consisting of a curved (or sometimes horizontal) stain the bottom of the shield.
- Purpure, a bend champaine argent—ARCHBY.
- Argent, a pale champaine vert—BOWMAN.
- Bendy of six champaine purple and argent—BOWBRIDGE.
- Gyronny of four champaine or, enarched argent and gules—BRAUNECK.1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 99
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