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In [[heraldry]], a line which is drawn '''embattled''' is made up of a series of square projections, and looks like the [[battlement]]s of a [[castle]]. On any two-edged [[ordinary]] with a horizontal component, ([[fess]], [[chevron]] and [[bend]]), only the [[chief]]most line is embattled.

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In [[heraldry]], a line which is drawn '''embatted''' is made up of a series of square projections, and looks like the battlements of a castle. On any two edged [[ordinary]] with a horizontal component, ([[fess]], [[chevron]] and [[bend]]), only the [[chief]]most line is embattled.


==Counterembattled==
==Counterembattled==
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If one wishes embattling on both the chiefmost and [[base]]most lines, then the ordinary is [[blazoned]] ''embattled counterembattled''.
If one wishes embattling on both the chiefmost and [[base]]most lines, then the ordinary is [[blazon]]ed ''embattled counterembattled''.


[[Category:Device heraldry]]
[[Category:Device heraldry]]

Revision as of 16:48, 11 October 2006

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In heraldry, a line which is drawn embattled is made up of a series of square projections, and looks like the battlements of a castle. On any two-edged ordinary with a horizontal component, (fess, chevron and bend), only the chiefmost line is embattled.

Counterembattled

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If one wishes embattling on both the chiefmost and basemost lines, then the ordinary is blazoned embattled counterembattled.

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