per pale

English

Left: party per pale, gules and argent. Right: tierced per pale, gules, argent, and sable.

Adverb

per pale (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) (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

   • 1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 161:

     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.

Translations

heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale

• Catalan: partit (ca)
• Dutch: gedeeld (nl)
• French: parti (fr)
• German: gespalten (de)
• Italian: partito (it)
• Portuguese: partido (pt)
• Spanish: partido (es)
• Swedish: kluven (sv)