Partition Lines

In heraldry, lines dividing the shield in directions corresponding to the ordinaries. According to the direction of the partition lines, a shield is said to be party or parted per fe , per pale, per bend, per chevron, per saltire; a shield divided by lines in the direction of a cro is said to be quartered; and a shield parted at once per cro and per saltire is said to be gironné of eight. The partition lines are not always plain; they may be engrailed, invected, embattled, wavy, nebuly, indented, dancetté, or raguly.