Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

per pale

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: per -pale
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

(Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).

Example Sentences

"per pale gules and argent; tierced per pale; an escutcheon tierced per pale and per chevron"
"Alexander Wemyss of Lathocar, however, in 1511 bears, per pale, dexter a lion rampant for Wemyss, and sinister a saltire. The saltire is probably his wife's arms."

Questions

What does per pale mean?: (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).

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