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Rompu" should be distinguished from "fracted". The arms of the Roossenekal Local Area Committee are Per chevron Gules and Azure, a chevron fracted and embattled to chief Or, between in chief a rose Argent, barbed and seeded, and in base a cross fleuretty, Or. The form of the "fracting" can be specified.
Argent a cross gules quarterly pierced nine crosses crosslet, three, three, and three counterchanged (the first quarter ermine for distinction) (Mary Ann Harvey Bonnell 1841) The cross voided (also une fausse croix ) has the same tincture of the field with only a narrow border outlining the limbs.
Argent, a quarter Azure, thereon three mullets one and two of the first, over all a cross throughout gules. Meaning; A silver (argent) shield. On this is a red (gules) Christian cross. A canton (small square) at the top left is blue (azure) and on this are three silver five pointed stars (mullets) one at the top and two at the bottom.
The term gules derives from the Middle English goules, which itself is an Old French word meaning "neckpiece made of red fur". Goules is derived from the Old French gole or guele, both of which mean "throat", which are ultimately derived from the Latin gula, also meaning "throat". Gules is similar to the English word gullet.
Quarterly 1: Argent, on a cross engrailed gules, 5 escallops Or; 2: Barry argent and azure, 3 chevrons gules, the top one écimé; 3: Gules, a toothed wheel, overall the monogram of the «Arts et Métiers» Or; 4: Azure, a ploughshare and a hammer in saltire argent; overall, on an inescutcheon argent, a fess sable.
For Arms, Argent on a Cross Gules five pine-apples slipped OR: and upon a representation of Our Royal Helmet mantled OR doubled Ermine, for the Crest, On a Wreath Argent and Gules, Upon a Log fesse wise a Crocodile Proper: And for the Supporters, On the dexter side a West Indian Native Woman holding in the exterior hand a Basket of Fruits and ...
Gules between a cross saltire argent, four stars argent on the fess point a Bible. Meaning; A red shield (gules)with a silver (argent) X shaped cross (saltire.) There are four silver stars in the spaces around the saltire. The fess point is the centre of the shield and on that point is a bible.
Example of a standard pile, issuant from the chief, blazoned: Gules, a pile argent. In heraldry, a pile is a charge usually counted as one of the ordinaries (figures bounded by straight lines and occupying a definite portion of the shield). It consists of a wedge emerging from the upper edge of the shield and converging to a point near the base.