checky

heraldry
Also known as: chequy

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ordinaries

  • Akkadian cylinder seal
    In heraldry: Ordinaries

    Checky, or chequy, describes the field or charge divided into squares of two tinctures, like a checkerboard. Billets are oblong figures. If their number exceeds 10 and they are irregularly placed, the field is described as billetté. The pall, or shakefork, is the upper half…

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