Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subordinary, triangular, angles, fess, point.
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Gyron
A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.
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