Semé

In heraldry, if a field is strewn with many items of the same charge it is referred to as semé. This is treated as a field, not as a field with a number of charges on it.

Exceptions

There are several occasions where rather than saying semé of charge we say something else.

• a semé of cross crosslets is called crusilly
• a semé of gouttes is called goutty or goutté
• a semé of fleur de lis is called semy de lis
• a semé of billets is called billety

Repeating field patterns

Patterns based on the ordinaries which repeat throughout the field are considered field divisions or line divisions.