† bebally, a. Her. Obs. rare.
[Etymol. unknown.]
Said of a shield: = party per pale, i.e. divided into two parts by a vertical line.
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iij b, Bebally is calde in armys whan a cotearmure is calde endentyde of ij dyuerse colowris in the length. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 205 Blazons called Bebally, Lentally, and Fessely. Ibid. 208 Bebally indented. |