Chapé

(Fr.)

  

Chapé            Chapé-ployé

The reverse of chaussé; a shield divided by two diagonal lines each starting from the middle chief point and ending one to the  dexter base point and the other to the sinister base point, somewhat similar to the pile reversed. When the diagonal lines are curved, the term used is chapé-ployé or tiercé in mantle

See also Chaperonné