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palewise

adverb

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From pale + -wise.

  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.

    Party - in ancient heraldry, the word party, used alone, implied a palewise division of the field.

adv

Etymology: From pale + -wise.

  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.

  2. In the direction of or positioned like a pale: vertically.

    Erm. three longbows palewise in fess gu.

    Three roundels in chief and two horse-shoes palewise in base, probably intended for the arms of Daubeney and Ferrers.

palewise — meaning, definition (adverb) · Vinony