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chapé

chapé noun: a division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of the upper edge of the shield towards the outer bottom edges (creating a triangle), with the tincture being applied to the two upper portions which the triangle divides.

chapé: a division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of...
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Noun

chapé

  1. A division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of the upper edge of the shield towards the outer bottom edges (creating a triangle), with the tincture being applied to the two upper portions which the triangle divides.

Antonyms of chapé

Questions about chapé

What does chapé mean?
Chapé means a division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of the upper edge of the shield towards the outer bottom edges (creating a triangle), with the tincture being applied to the two upper portions which the triangle divides.
What part of speech is chapé?
Chapé is a noun.

Words near chapé in the dictionary

  1. chapulin
  2. Chaput
  3. Chaputs
  4. chapwoman
  5. chapwomen
  6. chapé
  7. chaqu
  8. chaqui taclla
  9. chaqui taklla
  10. chaqui taqlla
  11. chaquitaclla

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