papellony

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A form of papelonné — Divided into a pattern (counted as one of the heraldic furs) which resembles scales, such as are found on fish or on butterflies' wings, perhaps originally representing stylized feathers or diaper.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivepapellony (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareRare spelling of papelonné.

    […] Egil Bloodax bears: Papellony argent and azure, a double-bitted axe gules. Runolfr Audsson bears: Per chevron sable and gules, papellony argent, in chief a wolf courant to sinister argent.

    2014 May 23, Papellony, in Mistholme
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    [a sinister gore papellony Or and purpure] The gore was originally blazoned as scaly. Scaly is defined in the Pictorial Dictionary as "a field treatment, consisting of many semi-circles or lunes, covering the field." The overall effect of scaly is of thick lines on a background, as in the field treatment masoned (but with the panes of a different shape than in masoned.) This gore is tinctured in a form of papellony, which is also defined in the Pictorial Dictionary. Papellony has two forms. One form looks much like scaly, functions as a field treatment, and is blazoned as [background tincture] papellony [treatment tincture]. The other form of papellony is a field division and is blazoned as papellony [tincture x] and [tincture y]. The second form is the form found in this submission. It is drawn using solid panes of alternating tinctures, as in the field lozengy, but with the panes shaped like solid scales, rather than like the lozenges in lozengy. See the Pictorial Dictionary for more discussion. [Ailionóra inghean uí Mhurchadha, 08/2002, A-Calontir]

    2002 August, Ailionóra inghean uí Mhurchadha (of Calontir), August 2002 - scaly vs papellony
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APA

papellony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papellony

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“papellony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papellony. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “papellony,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papellony.

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