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per pale

per pale adverb: (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).

Adverb

per pale (not comparable)

  1. (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

Questions about per pale

What does per pale mean?
Per pale means (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).
What part of speech is per pale?
Per pale is an adverb.

Words near per pale in the dictionary

  1. per myriad
  2. per nasum
  3. per nocte
  4. per orem
  5. per orum
  6. per pale
  7. per pall
  8. per pro
  9. per procurationem
  10. per rectal
  11. per rectum

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