partition line

noun

, Heraldry.

1. a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.

Word History and Origins

Origin of partition line¹

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

It was partly healed in 1998, when a peace agreement removed the need for security checks along the British-imposed partition line.

From New York Times

Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; Ð said of a partition line of a shield.

From Project Gutenberg

As an able writer has put it, "The birthday of a Christian was shifted from his baptism to his conversion, and in that change the partition line of two great systems is crossed."

From Project Gutenberg

Dolts and blockheads as we have been in all that concerns the partition and management of these magnificent regions, now that we have ignorantly and blindly ceded whole countries, and millions and millions of square miles of land and water to our neighbours, I am told that we are likely to quarrel and go to war about a partition line through the barren tracts of the east!

From Project Gutenberg

Eventually, the Israeli government backs down and settles for a simple partition line that "frees" Budrus.

From The Guardian