examples of ordinaries![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Ordinaries: divisions made by lines on the shield to form an odd number of sections.
cross ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Figure covering the center horizontal and vertical sections of the shield.
pale ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Figure covering the vertical branch of the cross.
chevron ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Figure shaped like an inverted V; its diagonal lines start in the dexter base and the sinister base and meet in the center chief.
chief ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Figure covering the top third of the shield.