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In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by the chief, ranging from one-fourth to one-third. The former is more likely if the chief is ''uncharged'', that is, if it does not have other objects placed on it. If ''charged'', the chief is typically wider to allow room for the objects drawn there. The chief is one of the ordinaries in heraldry, along with the bend, chevron, fess, and pale. There are several other ordinaries and sub-ordinaries. == Variations of chief == The chief may bear charges and may also be subject to variations of the partition lines. The chief may be combined with another ordinary, such as a pale or a saltire, but is almost never surmounted by another ordinary. The chief will normally be superimposed over a bordure, orle and tressure, if they share the same shield. File:Chef-pal.png|A chief combined with a pale. File:Armoiries de Wiltz 4.svg|A chief bearing charges (two scallops). File:Blason ville be Fernelmont (Namur).svg|A chief indented (Fernelmont, Belgium). File:Blason ville fr Brinon-sur-Beuvron.svg|A chief wavy (Brinon-sur-Beuvron, France). File:Blason Baudouin de Béthunes.svg|Rare example of a chief that occupies half the shield. File:Armoiries de Wolckrange 1.svg|A chief fretty (Wolkrange, Belgium). File:Armoiries de Sampigny.svg|Rare example of a chief surmounted by another ordinary (a chevron) (Sampigny, France). File:Wappen der Stadt Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock.svg|A chief impaled. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chief (heraldry)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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