the dexter chief (the bearer's upper right, viewer's upper left) to the opposite corner, as in the arms of the former grand duchy of Baden. Bend sinister: a bend in the opposite direction (sinister chief to dexter base). Chevron: two diagonal bands meeting in the centre in the form of an inverted V, or like the beams of a gable; as in the arms of Udine, Italy, or Trans, Switzerland. Saltire: a bend and a bend sinister both of equal widths conjoined to form a diagonal cross (×), as in the Scots national banner (often referred to simply as "the Saltire"), and also known colloquially as a St Andrew's cross. Chief: a horizontal band right across the top of the shield, as in the arms of the district of Lausanne (Vaud, Switzerland). Chief triangular begins in the corners and extends to a point that is one quarter to one third the way down the shield. It is a complex line division variant of a chief. Chief enarched is drawn with a concave arch Chief double-arched has two concavities Terrace in base (French: champagne, terrace; Italian campagna; German Schildfuß) Mount when represented in green and curved or arched, as a hill. Mount mounted, or Shapournet shapourned: a trimount. Ordinaries or subordinaries The following are sometimes classed as ordinaries, sometimes as subordinaries (see below): Bordure: the boundary of the shield; often used for cadency Pile: downward pointing triangle, issuing from the top of the shield Pall or Pairle: a Y-shape A variant is the shakefork: a pall cut short of the margins, with pointed ends. It is frequent in Scotland, owing to its prominence in the armoury of Clan Cunningham. Subordinaries Some geometric figures are not considered to be "honourable ordinaries" and are called "subordinaries". Very loosely, they are geometric or conventional charges that, unlike ordinaries, do not stretch from edge to edge of the shield. There is no definitive list or definition, but they generally include: Fixed subordinaries Fixed subordinaries are those that have a particular place to go on a shield—or at least a very limited range of places. Quarter: the dexter chief quadrant of the shield Canton: smaller than the quarter, formally said to occupy one-ninth of the shield, though sometimes drawn smaller, but generally accepted as a square 1/3 the width of the shield. The canton is often said to be the quarter's diminutive, but perhaps it should