单词 | in pile |
释义 | > as lemmasin pile 4. Heraldry. A triangular charge or subordinary consisting of a figure formed by two lines meeting in an acute angle (generally assumed to represent an arrowhead) and pointing downwards. in pile: arranged in the form of a pile. party per pile: divided by lines in the form of a pile. Cf. pily adj.2 and adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > figure like arrowhead pointed downwards pile1486 sentrie1486 staker1486 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > by two lines at acute angle party per pile1486 per pile traverse1632 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [phrase] > manner or type of charge in point1562 in orle1572 in pale1572 in bend1598 in lozengea1695 in triangle1766 in pile1864 1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. e v/b, in Bk. St. Albans (MED) Now folowyth of certan armys in the wich iij pilis mete to gedyr in oon coone. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. 337 The baner..was of syluer a sharpe pyle goules. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 46 The eight particion, which is to be blased on thys sorte. Party per pile in pointe, Or and Sable. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 61 A Pile is an Ordinary consisting of a twofold line formed after the manner of a Wedge; that is to say, broad at the vpper end, and..meeting together at the lower end in an acute Angle. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Pile, in Heraldry,..probably something like the Figure of the Roman Pilum, which was a tapering Dart, about five Foot long, and sharpened at the Point with Steel. 1765 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry iv. 107 The sixteenth is Argent, three piles meeting near the point of the Base Azure. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry vi. 30 The Pile..a wedge in form, generally issues from the Middle Chief... Occasionally..it may issue from various parts of the enclosing line of a shield. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) ix. 50 Sa., three Swords in pile arg. 1927 C. K. Bolton Amer. Armory p. xxi Pile, a triangle, issuing from the middle chief of the shield and its point extending toward the middle base. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry iv. 62 Piles can be modified, such as engrailed. < as lemmas |
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