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Inheraldry, anordinary is described asquadrate (or more fully,nowy quadrate), when it has a square central boss.[1]
Only certain ordinaries are usually shown quadrate: thecross, thepale, and thefess – but not, for example, abordure orchevron.
Asaltire quadrate has the square lozengeways: