Yoke cut
The yoke cut is a heraldic image in heraldry and allows a simple coat of arms cut division.
A semicircular section in the direction of the shield base is shown in the middle of the dividing line . The color is the same as that of the upper field . The notch "yoke" gives the name for the possible varieties. If there are two or three semicircular sections at the dividing line, it becomes a double or triple yoke. A larger number of the element is no longer counted; it is then to be described as a yoke division .
A post with an incision on both sides at the same height is emblazoned as a yoke post.
If the pinnacles are each provided with such an incision in the case of a pinnacle section, it is a pinnacle section.
If the ends of the cross arms are provided with these incisions, the cross becomes a yoke cross, primarily the common cross is changed.
The counterpart of this herald's picture is the graft cut.
See also
literature
- Walter Leonhard : The great book of heraldic art . Verlag Georg DW Callwey, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-8289-0768-7 .