champaine

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champaine

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French champagne (“base of a coat of arms”).

adjective champain · champion · champagne

Curved (concave), enarched, or sometimes varriated; especially in the phrase point champaine, an abatement consisting of a curved (or sometimes horizontal) stain the bottom of the shield. Purpure, a bend champaine argent—ARCHBY. Argent, a pale champaine vert—BOWMAN. Bendy of six champaine purple and argent—BOWBRIDGE. Gyronny of four champaine or, enarched argent and gules—BRAUNECK.

noun champain · champion · champagne

alternative Alternative form of champagne (“(ordinary occupying) the base of the shield”). 3. Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).

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@misc{champaine_2026,
  title = {champaine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/champaine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}