chapé

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of the upper edge of the shield towards the outer bottom edges (creating a triangle), with the tincture being applied to the two upper portions which the triangle divides.

Word forms

chapé

Antonyms

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