Category:Division lines and pales

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Bars, Bends and pales

The most common divisions are by a horizontal, vertical or diagonal bar :

Bars

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Special bars

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Engrailed bar of any colour
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Invected bar of any colour
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Nebuly bar of any colour
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Dancetty bar of any colour
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Indented bar of any colour
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Embattled bar of any colour
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Embattled Counter-Embattled bar of any colour
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Bretessed bar of any colour
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Dovetailed bar of any colour
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Potenty bar of any colour
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Urdy bar of any colour
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Raguly bar of any colour
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Raguly Counter-Raguly bar of any colour
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Rayonné bar of any colour
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Fir trees bar of any colour
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Fir twig bar of any colour
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Cotised bar of any colour

Barry

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour. Officially an even number is "colour yy with xx bars", an odd number is "barry of xx and yy'. As this is not known by most people, these two categories are combined here.

Barry wavy

A shield divided into multiple wavy bars regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour.

For barry wavy chiefs and bases, see here.

Pales

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Paly

A shield divided into multiple pales regardless the number. Named after the most (heraldic right) colour.

Bend

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Bend sinister

Bend sinister wavy

Bendy

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bends. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

Bendy sinister

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bends. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

Bendy wavy

A shield divided into multiple wavy bends regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

Chequy

A shield divided into squares of 2 colours. Sorted after the first colour (uppe rleft field for the viewer)

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