Term	Description
Cabled	Cabled is applied to a cross formed of the two ends of a ship's cable; sometimes also to a cross covered over with rounds of rope; more properly called a cross corded."
Cablee	A cross composed of two cable ends
Caboshed	The head of a beast borne full-faced, and without any neck showing. "Caboched, caboshed or cabossed . . . is where the head of a beast is cut off behind the ears by a section parallel to the face; or by a perpendicular section, in contradiction to couped, which is done by a horizontal line; besides that, it is farther from the ears than cabossing. The head, in this case, is placed full-faced, or affrontée;, so that no part of the neck can be visible. This bearing is by some called trunked."
Cabrée	Terms applied to a horse rising on its hind feet
Cadency	Difference or marks of cadency, are the dinstinctions used to indicate the various branches or cadets of one family. The eldest son bears a label, the second a crescent, the third a mullet, the fourth a marlet, the fifth an annulet, the sixth a fleur-de-lys, the seventh a rose, the eight a cross moline, the ninth a double quatrefoil
Canting arms	Such as have any punning refernce or allusion to the name of the bearer
Canton	The canton is less than the quarter, comprising only two parts heigh by two and a half weight, and is formed by a rectangular piece on the dexter chief
Cantoned	Applied to a shield in which the four spaces around a cross or saltier are filled with any pieces
Castel	Is generally represented by two towers with a wall between them, the wall being embattled and having a gateway or entrace. A castel with three towers is similar to the last, but have a third tower similar to the other two appearing behing the gateway
Cat-a-mountain	A wild cat always drawn guardant
Cercellée or recercellée	Applied to a cross curling at the ends
Champagne	.
Chaplet	A garland of flowers and leaves
Charged	Applicable to the field or ordinaries bearing any device upon them
Chausse	This term denotes a section in base formed by a line from the extremity of the base ascending to the side of the escutcheon , joining it at about the base point.
Checquy	A field divided into small squares, of different tinctures, resembling a chess board. Usually made up of seven squares in the top line, and in depth according to the length of the shield
Chevron	One of the honorable ordinaries. It is rafter shaped, and its breadth is one-fifth of the field. Its diminutives are the Chevronel, which is one-fifth of its breadth; and the Couple-close, one-quarter.
Chevronel	A diminutive of the chevron, being half its breadth
Chevronny	A shield laid out in partitions chevronwise
Chief	The head or upper part of the shield, containing a third of the field, and is divided off by one line, either straight or crenellé (indented). When one chief is borne upon another it is called surmounting
Chief Point	The uppermost part of the shield, and can be either dexter, middle or sinister
Cinquefoil	A five pointed leaf; usually borne without a stem
Cleche	A cross charged with another of the same design, but having the same color as the field, leaving only a narrow border of the first cross visible
Close	The wings of a bird close to the body
Closet	A diminutive of the bar, being one-quarter the breadth of that bearing
Cockatrice	A fabulous animal supposed to have been produced from a cock's egg hatched by a serpent
Co-erectant	Applying to things set up side by side
Collared	The same as gorged
Combatant	A term applied to beasts borne face to face, as in the attitude of fighting
Compony	A border, bend, etc., composed of a row of squares consisting of colors and metals. (Sometimes written componé.)
Confronte	Face to face; two animals facing each other
Contourne	Turned in a direction not the usual one. Applied to a lion or other animal statant, passant, courant, etc., with its face to the sinister side of the escutcheon. (Some writers use the word "counter" in this sense.)
Contre	Used in composition, to describe several bearings when they cut the shield in a contrary and opposite manner. Example: Contre-chevron, alluding to two chevrons opposite to each other - where color opposes metal and metal opposes color.
Corded	Bound or wound round with cords.
Corned	When the horns of a beast, such as the bull, are of a different tincture from that of the body he is then said to be corned of that tincture
Coronet	An inferior sort of crown worn by nobles
Cottise	One of the subordinaries, being a diminutive of the bend
Cottised	A term applied to ordinaries when borne between two cottises.
Couchant	Applied to an animal lying down, with head raised
Couche	Said of anything lying sideways, as a chevron couche -- a chevron placed sideways
Counter	In an opposite direction; contrary to the usual position. Sometimes used to denote an animal facing the sinister side of the shield. [In this sense see Contourné.] COUNTER-ATTIRED - Applied to the double horns of animals when borne two one way and two another -- in opposite directions. COUNTER-CHEVRONNE - Chevronny divided palewise. (Said of the field.) The equivalent of chevronné, of chevronny. COUNTER-COMPONY - A border, bend, etc., which is composed of two rows of checkers of alternate tinctures. COUNTER-COUCHANT - Animals borne couchant, their heads being in opposite directions. COUNTER-COURANT - Said of two animals borne courant, and with their heads in opposite directions. COUNTER-EMBATTLED - Applied to an ordinary embattled on both sides. COUNTER-ERMINE - The contrary of ermine, being a black field with white spots. {See Ermines.} COUNTER-FLEURY - A term used to show that the flowers adorning an ordinary stand opposite to each other. COUNTER-PASSANT - Applied to two animals borne passant going in contrary ways. COUNTER-POTENCE - Said of potences when placed opposite each other. COUNTER-QUARTERED - When each quarter of an escutcheon is again quartered. COUNTER-SALIENT - Applied to two animals borne salient in opposite directions. COUNTER-TRIPPANT - Animals trippant in opposite directions. COUNTER-TRIPPING - The same as Counter-Trippant. COUNTER-VAIR - A variety of vair, in which the cups or bells are arranged base to base and point to point. COUNTER-VAIRY - The same as Counter-Vair.
Counterchanged	A term which denotes that the field is of two tinctures, metal and color; that part of the charge which lies in the metal being of color, and that part which lies in the color being metal.
Counterpaled	A term used of an escutcheon which is divided into an equal number of pieces palewise by a line fesswise, the tinctures above and below the fess line being counterchanged
Counterpointe	Made use of to describe two chevrons which meet with their points in the center of the shield, counter to each other. (The French use contrepointé.)
Couped	Said of an animal having the head or any limb cut clean off from the body
Coward	Said of beasts represented with the tail between the legs
Cramponee	A cross having at each end a cramp or crampoon.
Crenellated	An ordinary indented as with crenelles
Crescent	A bearing resembling the half moon with the points turned up. When used as a mark of cadency it denotes the second son. When the points of the crescent face dexter it is increscent; toward sinister, decrescent.
Crined	Used to describe an animal having its hair of a different tincture
Cross	One of the earliest and noblest of the honorable ordinaries. When borne plain it is blazoned simply as a cross. There are, however, more than a hundred varieties. Anchored, Fitchee, Avellane, Flory, Bezant, Formee, Bottony, Moline, Cablee, Patee, Calvary, Potent, Chain, Recercelee, Cleche, Voided, Crosslet
Cross-bar	Sometimes used to designate the bar sinister; a mark of illegitimacy.
Crossed	Borne crosswise.
Crosswise	In the figure of a cross
Crowned	Surmounted by a crown. Sometimes a beast, generally the lion, is crowned royally or ducally.
Crucilly	Said of a charge or field strewn with crosses
Cubit Arm	An arm cut off at the elbow
Cygnet royal	A swan gorged with a ducal coronet, and a chain attached thereto, being reflexed over the back.

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