palewise

adv

1. (not-comparable)Divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.

   “An oblong figure fesswise divided palewise, from one end a thick projection, and in chief a crescent.”

2. (not-comparable)In the direction of or positioned like a pale: vertically.

   “Erm. three longbows palewise in fess gu.”

   “Three roundels in chief and two horse-shoes palewise in base, probably intended for the arms of Daubeney and Ferrers.”

   “Anchor: Placed palewise, unless otherwise blazoned”

   “In place of the rainbow there was, palewise on a field of gules, on either side of the shield, the broken lance which had caused the death of Henri II—Lacrymae hinc, hinc dolor was the motto. And to this symbolism of mourning was also[…]”

   “In one shield the lis are positioned vertically or palewise, […] and the Poutrel lis were shown bend-wise in the glass at Prestwold church and pale-wise in Thomas Jenyns' Ordinary.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Pale-like, vertical.

   “It is essentially the upper portion (or triangle) of the saltire met slightly above the fess point by a palewise line originating from the middle base. No varied field Bendy seems to have been adopted from this division.”

   “Party - in ancient heraldry, the word party, used alone, implied a palewise division of the field.”