palewiseadv.
/ˈpeɪlwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpeɪlˌwaɪz/ Heraldry.
Following the line of a pale; vertically.
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palewise?a1549
palewaysa1661
pale-way1705
?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 166/2 Clothe of golde and Crymsen satten paned palewise.
a1695 A. Wood Fasti Oxonienses 12 in Athenæ Oxonienses (1721) I In the middle Chamber Window..there was..his Name contracted in golden Letters..in an Escutcheon Sable, and hath behind it, palewise [1691 paleways], an Abbot's Crosier.
1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci. Lit. & Art 303/2 In Heraldry, an ordinary, formed by lines drawn palewise, and fesswise.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry ix. 41 Paly Bendy..is produced by lines drawn pale-wise, crossed by others drawn bend-wise.
1871 T. G. Hake Madeline i. 14 On one same field Pale-wise their hearts were set as in a shield.
1941 Econ. Jrnl. 51 145 The family crest (a crusader's sword placed pale-wise, and the motto ‘Denique Coelum’) dates from Guillaume Roger Sire de Bonare.
1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry ii. 24 The arms of Aragon, which comprise four red stripes palewise on a gold ground, are said to record the legend of Geoffrey de Vela.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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