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A pale is a term used in heraldic blazon and vexillology to describe a charge on a coat of arms (or flag), that takes the form of a band running vertically down the center of the shield. Writers broadly agree that the width of the pale ranges from about one-fifth to about one-third of the width of the shield, but this width is not fixed. A narrow pale is more likely if it is ''uncharged'', that is, if it does not have other objects placed on it. If ''charged'', the pale is typically wider to allow room for the objects drawn there. The pale is one of the ordinaries in heraldry, along with the bend, chevron, fess, and chief. There are several other ordinaries and sub-ordinaries. The word ''pale'' originally referred to a picket (a piece of wood much taller than it is wide such as is used to build a picket fence) and it is from the resemblance to this that the heraldic pale derives its name. ==Derived terms== ;pallet :In British heraldry when two or more pales appear on a field, they are conventionally termed ''pallets''. While a pallet is generally classified as a ''diminutive'' of the pale, the pallets on a shield of two pallets may be no narrower than the pale on another where it has been narrowed to accommodate other charges on either side. ;paly :A shield with numerous pales may be termed ''paly'', especially in early heraldry, though this term is now properly reserved to describe a variation of the field. ;in pale :''In pale'' refers to the appearance of several items on the shield being lined up in the direction of a pale. ;palewise :A charge palewise is vertical like a pale. ;party per pale :A shield party per pale is divided into two parts by a single line which runs in the direction of a pale. 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「Pale (heraldry)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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