pily

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See also: piły

English

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The arms of Hüddessum are pily.

Etymology

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From pile +‎ -y.

Adjective

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pily (comparative more pily, superlative most pily)

  1. Like pile or wool.
    • 1903, Charles Henry Lane, Rabbits, Cats and Cavies:
      the thick, fine, short undercoat, or pily fur
  2. (heraldry) Marked by many narrow piles (wedges).
    bend pily, chief pily
    • 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 48:
      Milles very improperly uses the term for per pale indented throughout, or barry pily.
    • 1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 54:
      Barry pily of eight or and gu.
    • 1914, Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Transactions and Journal of Proceedings, page 69:
      (A) A chief pily. (B) Similar, but made to form a bordure with 2 teeth in chief. (C) 3 piles - - - (partly underground). (D) Argent 3 piles checky and on a chief checky 3 annulets or. (E) On a chief pily 3 annulets.

Further reading

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pily”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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pily

  1. inflection of pít:
    1. inanimate masculine plural past active participle
    2. feminine plural past active participle