Escartel
1. A division of a shield when it is quartered or divided into four or more sections to enable the marshalling of two or more coats of arms. When one or more of the quarters is sub-quartered, the four primary quarters are termed Grand Quarters. Pecys is an old English term for quarters.
2. To quarter: To arrange or marshal several coats of arms on one shield. See Quartering
ermine on a quarter gu a bend or
3. A quarter of the shield used as a charge
4. Quarter per saltire, Quarter-pointed: An early term signifying a quarter of a saltire, now better known as per chevron with its various forms, i.e. reversed or issuant from sinister or dexter as the case may be.
