Apall (orpairle) inheraldry andvexillology is aY-shapedcharge, normally having its arms in the three corners of the shield. An example of a pall placed horizontally (fesswise) is the green portion of theSouth African national flag.[1][2]
A pall that stops short of the shield's edges and that has pointed ends to its three limbs is called ashakefork, although some heraldic sources do not make a distinction between a pall and a shakefork.[3][2] A pall standing upside down is namedpall reversed.[3]
An ecclesiastical pall on a shield, orpallium, is the heraldic indicator ofarchbishoprics.[2] These palls usually have a lower limb that stops short of the bottom of the shield with a fringe.[3]
Palls can also be modified withheraldic lines.[4] One example is the coat ofSaint-Wandrille-Rançon,[5] displayed below (third). Thewavy heraldic line on a pall can be used to represent a river, or a confluence thereof, as in the arms of Nigeria (the riversNiger andBenue, which join atLokoja).
A field may be divided into three parts,tierced per pall (orin pairle), resembling a combination of divisionper chevron andper pale.[6][7] Charges may be bornein pall, that is, arranged in a form resembling a pall.[8]
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Pile (heraldry)
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