golpy
English
Etymology
Adjective
golpy (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Semé (strewn) with golpes (roundels purpure).
- 2014, Grant of a Badge for use by the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Nova Scotian Wines [1]:
- Blazon: A plate golpy charged with a saltire Azure, overall a barrel Or charged with a lion’s head erased Gules, the whole ensigned by a coronet of mayflowers and thistles Or.
- 2014, Grant of a Badge for use by the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Nova Scotian Wines [1]:
See also
| metals | main colours | less common colours | ||||||||
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| tincture | or | argent | gules | azure | sable | vert | purpure | tenné | orange | sanguine |
| depiction | ||||||||||
| roundel (in parentheses: semé): | bezant (bezanty) |
plate (platy) |
torteau (tortelly) |
hurt (hurty) |
pellet (pellety), ogress |
pomme (pommy) |
golpe () |
orange (semé of oranges) |
guze (semé of guzes) | |
| goutte (noun) / gutty (adjective) thereof: | (goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold) |
d'eau (of water) |
de sang (of blood) |
de larmes (of tears) |
de poix (of pitch) |
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil) |
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| special roundel | furs | uncommon tinctures: | ||||||||
| tincture | fountain, syke: barry wavy argent–azure | ermine | ermines, counter-ermine | erminois | pean | vair | counter-vair | potent | counter-potent | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |
| depiction | ||||||||||