Heraldry Dictionary Entry Details


Arms-Impaled	Variants: Arms-Impaled
A term to express the arms of a man and his wife, called Baron and Femme. The Shield is divided by a perpendicular line. - The Husbands arms are placed on the dexter side and the wifes on the sinister. The arms of office are impaled in the same way. See Arms of Office.
Elvin Plate Reference: p. 10 n. 21

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