pairle

plural pairles

1. uncommongovernmentA pall.

   Azure, a Pairle Or.

   1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 195

   2 more examples

   As to its position, examples of its use in bend, in saltire, and even in pairle, are to be found without difficulty. It may be well to remark that the position of charges in pairle is a very common one in German heraldry,[…]

   1886, Walford Dakin Selby, The Genealogist, page 228

   The trail entered Covington from the northeast and went out through Conecuh. In general, Conecuh, Butler, and Covington Counties are at the three ends of a Y (pairle). By notching the pairle the old trail is exactly indicated.

   1928, United States. National Guard Bureau, Official National Guard Register, page 58