champaine

alternative champain · alternative champion · alternative champagne

1. governmentCurved (concave), enarched, or sometimes varriated; especially in the phrase point champaine, an abatement consisting of a curved (or sometimes horizontal) stain the bottom of the shield.

   Purpure, a bend champaine argent—ARCHBY. Argent, a pale champaine vert—BOWMAN. Bendy of six champaine purple and argent—BOWBRIDGE. Gyronny of four champaine or, enarched argent and gules—BRAUNECK.

   1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 99

alternative champain · alternative champion · alternative champagne

1. alternativegovernmentAlternative form of champagne (“(ordinary occupying) the base of the shield”).

   3. Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).

   1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 489