per pale

per pale (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).

   per pale gules and argent; tierced per pale; an escutcheon tierced per pale and per chevron

   • 1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 161:

     Alexander Wemyss of Lathocar, however, in 1511 bears, per pale, dexter a lion rampant for Wemyss, and sinister a saltire. The saltire is probably his wife's arms.