Heraldic glossary
This part of Heraldry of the Wold explains terminology used in heraldry in different languages.
By language
The shield
Colours and metals
Furs
Field Treatments
Tiling Charges
Semys
Division of the shield
Two-Part Field Divisions
Four Part Field Divisions
Three to Six Part Field Divisions
Composite Fields
Striped Fields
Pily Field Divisions
Combined Field Divisions
Gyronny Field Divisions
Gyronny (of 8)
Ordinaries
Fess or Bar
Fess (single bar)
Base
Bend
Bend Engouled (by wolves)
Bordure
Canton
Chevron
- Chevrons, Two, Couched and Braced.png
- Chevronels, 2.png
- Chevronels, 3.png
- Chevronels,.png
- Chevronels Gemel, Two.png
- Chevronels Gemel, Three.png
- Chevronels Humetty, 2.png
- Chevronels Humetty, 3.png
- Chevronels Braced, 2.png
- Chevronels Braced, 3.png
- Chevronels Couched from the Flanks, 2.png
- Chevronels Embattled, 3.png
- Chevronels Engrailed, 2.png
- Chevronels Engrailed, 3.png
- Chevronels Inverted, 2.png
- Chevronels Inverted, 3.png
Chief
- Chief And A Bordure.png
- Chief Overall, A Bordure And.png
- Chief And A Bordure Overall.png
- Chief And A Bordure Embattled.png
- Chief and a Saltire.png
- Chief and Flaunches.png
- Chief, Chapé Ployé And A.png
- Chief, Per Bend And A.png
- Chief, Gyronny And A.png
- Chief, Gyronny of 12 And A.png
- Chief, Gyronny Arrondi And A.png
- Chief, Gyronny Arrondi of 12 And A.png
Cross
- Cross Double Parted.png
- Cross Quarter-Pierced of Another Tincture.png
- Cross Interlaced with an Annulet.png
- Gores, Two.png
- Gussets, Two.png
- Pale Endorsed Engrailed On The Outer Edge.png
- Pallets, 2.png
- Pallets, 3.png
- Pallets,.png
- Pallets, 5.png
- Pallets Engrailed, 2.png
- Pallets Wavy, 2.png
- Pall Couped.png
- Pall Couped Wavy.png
- Piles, 2.png
- Piles, 3.png
- Piles Palewise, 2.png
- Piles Palewise, 3.png
- Piles Inverted, 2.png
- Piles Inverted, 3.png
- Piles Inverted Palewise, 2.png
- Piles Inverted Palewise, 3.png
- Pile Issuant from the Line, Per Bend A.png
- Point Pointed.png
- Saltorel, or Saltire Couped.png
- Saltorel Fusilly.png
- Saltorel Raguly.png
- Tressure, Double.png
