Line (heraldry) - Gallery of Different Lines of Partition

Gallery of Different Lines of Partition

Each shield is Per fess _______ argent and gules, but some of these lines have no common English name.

  • engrailed

  • invected

  • embattled

  • wavy

  • nebuly

  • fir-tree topped, a recent Finnish innovation

  • fir-twigged, a recent Finnish innovation

  • indented as it is commonly shown

  • dancetty

  • indented very much more deep than is usual

  • enarched

  • per chevron

  • trefly-counter-trefly

  • potenty

  • indented pommetty

  • embattled grady

  • rayonny

  • dovetailed

  • bevilled

  • raguly

  • nebuly

  • urdy

  • angled

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