Areas on a shield
All of these directions are from the standpoint of someone viewing the shield.
- Base: the bottom of the shield
- Chief: the top of the shield
- Dexter: the left of the shield
- Sinister: the right of the shield
- Dexter chief: the upper left of the shield (or canton)
- Sinister chief: the upper right of the shield (or sinister canton)
- Dexter base: the lower left of the shield
- Sinister base : the lower right of the shield
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