Ordinary

An ordinary is an area of tincture that covers a large part of the shield.

Ordinaries include

One-edged ordinaries

• base
• bordure
• canton
• chief
• gyron
• pile
• tierce

Two-edged ordinaries

• bend
• bend sinister
• chevron
• fess
• orle
• pale

Three-edged ordinaries

• pall
• pall reversed

Four-edged ordinaries

• cross
• saltire