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paty

[ pat-ee ]

adjective

, Heraldry.
  1. (of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:

    a cross paty.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of paty1

1480–90; variant of pattee < Middle French, equivalent to patte paw + -ee; -ee, -ate 1
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Example Sentences

“Paty” would have done credit to Dickens in his palmiest days.

Next to the plain Cross may be taken the Cross paty, the croiz patee or pate of old rolls of arms.

The cross formy follows the lines of the cross paty save that its broadening ends are cut off squarely.

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