Word Study
paly
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pale; wanting color; dim. Shak. Whittier. [1913 Webster]
paly, a. [Cf. F. palé. See Pale a stake.].
Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paly, adj. Heraldry divided into equal vertical shapes.
Etymology
OF pal{eacute} f. pal PALE(2)
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