Charge | Divisions | Field | Lines | Ordinary | Tincture This is an article about Heraldry. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of heraldic charges. ... Divisions of the field: The field of a shield in heraldry can be divided into more than one tincture, as can the various charges. ... In heraldry the background of the shield is called the field . ... A chief enarched indented throughout in the arms of Sawbridgeworth A fess wavy in the arms of Welwyn Hatfield A chief embattled in the arms of Letchworth The lines used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry are by default straight, but may have many different shapes. ... In heraldry, an ordinary is a simple geometrical figure on the arms, wider than a line or division of the field. ... In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to blazon a coat of arms. ...

Bend | Canton | Chevron | Chief | Cross | Fess | Flaunch | Pall | Pale | Saltire A blue-and-white striped bend (a bend barry wavy argent and azure), in the arms of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council In heraldry, a bend is a colored band that runs from the upper left (as seen by the viewer) corner of the shield to the lower right. ... We dont have an article called Chief (heraldry) Start this article Search for Chief (heraldry) in. ... These crosses are ones used exclusively or primarily in heraldry, and do not necessarily have any special meanings commonly associated with them. ... A fess is a term used in heraldry to describe a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running from the left to the right side of the shield, centered from top to bottom. ... Flaunches, in the arms of the town of Harlow A flaunch, in heraldry, is (arguably) an ordinary, one of two (as the flaunch is never borne singly) semicircles protruding into the field from the sides of the shield. ... A pall is a Y shaped heraldic charge. ... The shield above depicts a black pale placed on a gold shield, and its blazon is A pale is a term used in heraldic blazon to describe a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running vertically down the center of the shield. ... The arms of St Albans: a gold saltire on a blue field A saltire is an X-shaped figure in heraldry. ...