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palewise

palewise adverb: divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.

palewise: divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales
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Adverb

palewise (not comparable)

  1. Divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.
    • An oblong figure fesswise divided palewise, from one end a thick projection, and in chief a crescent.2007, Colin Stewart Sinclair Lyon, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, Oxford University Press, USA
  2. In the direction of or positioned like a pale: vertically.
    • Erm. three longbows palewise in fess gu.1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 348
    • Three roundels in chief and two horse-shoes palewise in base, probably intended for the arms of Daubeney and Ferrers.1904, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, page 511

Adjective

palewise (not comparable)

  1. Pale-like, vertical.
    • It is essentially the upper portion (or triangle) of the saltire met slightly above the fess point by a palewise line originating from the middle base. No varied field Bendy seems to have been adopted from this division.1972, Marvin H. Pakula, Heraldry and Armor of the Middle Ages
    • Party - in ancient heraldry, the word party, used alone, implied a palewise division of the field.1983, Charles Boutell, Boutell's Heraldry, Frederick Warne Publishers

Examples of palewise in a sentence

  • Anchor: Placed palewise, unless otherwise blazoned1965, Heather Child, Heraldic Design: A Handbook for Students, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 82:
  • In place of the rainbow there was, palewise on a field of gules, on either side of the shield, the broken lance which had caused the death of Henri II—Lacrymae hinc, hinc dolor was the motto.2019 July 2, Jean Heritier, Catherine de Medici, Routledge, →ISBN:
  • In one shield the lis are positioned vertically or palewise, […] and the Poutrel lis were shown bend-wise in the glass at Prestwold church and pale-wise in Thomas Jenyns' Ordinary.2020 January 9, Paul A. Fox, Great Cloister: A Lost Canterbury Tale: A History of the Canterbury Cloister, Constructed 1408-14, with Some...

Synonyms of palewise

Origin of palewise

From pale + -wise.

Questions about palewise

What does palewise mean?
Palewise means divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.
How do you use palewise in a sentence?
Anchor: Placed palewise, unless otherwise blazoned
What part of speech is palewise?
Palewise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near palewise in the dictionary

  1. palettizes
  2. palettizing
  3. paletôt
  4. paletôts
  5. paleways
  6. palewise
  7. Paley
  8. Paley's watch
  9. palfrey
  10. palfreyed
  11. palfreyman

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