Page 117 - Canadian Dominion Directory 1871 - Partie 1-fusionné

this reason almost be added to the
Lines of partition as one Gnds
checky. etc. It consists of bendlets
and bendlets sinister interlaced. A
diminutive of fretty is 'the fret '
which consists of one bendlet and
one bendlet sinister interlaccd wjth
a mascle.
12. The Billet. 1s an oblong figurc
placed upright in the centre of the
Gyron
shield. It is seldom found on its own
but more often in its diminulive
7. Flaunches. These are always
form billetté, or semé of billets.
borne in pairs and consist of two
arcs of a circlc drawn from the
dexter and sinister chief and ter-
minating approximately 3 down the
appropriate side of the shield.
8. The Lozenge. A diamond
shape placed centrally on the shield
but not reaching to its edges and
v
with the longest part in pale.
9. The Fusil. SirniIar to, and
Billet
treated in the same way as, the
lozenge but it is longer and nar-
13. The Label. This consists of a
rower.
strip placed horizontally across the
10. The MascIe. A lozenge which
strips pendent from it. It rnay be
has been voided and which leaves
drawn to reach the sides of the
a small diamond shape the same
shield or its ends may be cooped.
colour as the field in the centre, or
The pendent strips rnay be oblong
the void may be tinctured differ-
or splayed out at the bottom.
ently.
In early Herddry it was sorne-
times used as a charge but in
11. Fretty. The term fretty is nor-
modern times it is always the differ-
mally used to describe the field, honour point with three or five srnall
thus gules {retty Or, and could for ence mark for the eIdest son (three
Fret