Dictionary of Vexillology: E (Enamels - Enhanced Bend Sinister)

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• ENAMELS
• ENARCHED
• ENCENIATOR
• ENCROACHING UPON (or ON)
• ENDENTED
• ENDING TRIANGULARLY
• ENDORSE
• ENDORSED
• ENFLAMED
• ENGRAILED
• ENGRAILED CROSS
• ENGRAILED FLY
• ENHANCED
• ENHANCED BEND
• ENHANCED BEND SINISTER

ENAMELS

An alternative term for the basic colours used in heraldry - see ‘appendix III’.

From left: Gules, Azure, Vert, Purpure and Sable

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ENARCHED

See ‘arched’ and ‘embowed’.

Flag of Nebikon, Switzerland

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ENCENIATOR

A medieval term, now obsolete, for a mounted standard bearer (see also ‘balcanifer’).

Royal Standard Bearer/Enceniator, England c1450 (Wikipedia)

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ENCROACHING UPON (or ON)

See ‘covering’ and ‘overall 2)’

 
State Flag of Bremen, Germany (fotw)

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ENDENTED

See ‘indented’.

Example (Parker); Flag of Munxar, Malta (fotw)

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ENDING TRIANGULARLY

See ‘triangular-ended’.

 
Gonfalon of Donja Dubrava, Croatia (fotw)

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ENDORSE

See 'palet' in ‘Appendix VI’.

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ENDORSED

See ‘addorsed’ and ‘appendix V’.

Flag and Arms of Kolšov, Czech Republic

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ENFLAMED

See ‘inflamed’.

Flag and arms of Velika Ludina, Croatia

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ENGRAILED

(adj) A heraldic term for where a division in the field of a banner of arms or shield, a border or the edge of an ordinary, is cut into a series of indented curves or half circles strung together - that is with the half-circles facing inward and points outward - ingrailed (see also ‘armorial bearings’, ‘banner of arms’, ‘coat of arms’, ‘invected’, ‘ordinary’ ‘shield’, and ‘scalloped’).

Flag of Genthod, Switzerland (fotw); Flag of Berry, France (fotw); Flag of Výcapy, Czech Republic (fotw); Flag of Broërec-Vannetais, France (fotw)

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ENGRAILED CROSS

See ‘engrailed’.

Arms and Flag of Espinho, Portugal (Sérgio Horta)

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ENGRAILED FLY

(adj) A term for a form of flag, now largely but not entirely obsolete, whose fly either came to a point or was extended by a central projection, but in which both sides form a concave arc (see also ‘engrailed’, ‘ogival’), ‘stepped fly’ and ‘schwenkel’).

From left: 14th Century Flag of Tunis (fotw), 14th Century Flag of Sibenik, Croatia (Tomislav Todorovic); 13th Century Flag of Aragon (fotw); Flag of Vall de Gallinera, Spain (fotw)

Notes
a) This is not an established term, but has been introduced by the Editors since no established alternative could be found.
b) At the time of writing it is unclear as to whether the flag having a straight-sided but angled fly (as illustrated below) should be considered as “engrailed” or “stepped” – see ‘stepped fly’.

Flag of Betxi, Spain (Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz)

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ENHANCED

A heraldic term for when the main ordinary on a shield, banner of arms or flag is placed in a higher position than its proper place - raised (see also ‘abased’, ‘banner of arms’ and ‘ordinary’).

 
Examples; Flag of Světlá nad Sázavou (fotw)

Please note however, that enhanced has a slightly different meaning when applied to the vexillological terms enhanced bend and enhanced bend sinister given below.

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ENHANCED BEND

See ‘north-south diagonal’ (also ‘Appendix IX’).

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ENHANCED BEND SINISTER

See ‘south-north diagonal’ (also ‘Appendix IX’).

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