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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 [[blazoned]] ''embattled counterembattled''.


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

Revision as of 11:35, 19 July 2004

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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 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.