invected
Curved teeth inward
Invected is a heraldic term describing a line or edge decorated with small curved scallops pointing inward, toward the field.
It's the opposite of engrailed, where the points face outward.
The term appears almost exclusively in descriptions of coats of arms and heraldic designs: a chief invected, an invected bordure.
Set back from edge
- wavyHaving gentle curves
- embattledUnder sustained attack
- dovetailedJoined by angled notches
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
blazon · tincture · ordinary · fess · bend · chevron · pale · saltire
indented
Set back from edge
- wavyHaving gentle curves
- embattledUnder sustained attack
- dovetailedJoined by angled notches
escutcheon · blazon · tincture · ordinary · fess · bend · chevron · pale · saltire · chief
convex
Curved outward externally
semicircular · arcuate · lunate · crescent · bowed · undulating · wavelike · bulging · cusped · lobed
scrollwork
Spiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
ornament · embellishment · border · edging · tracery · molding · motif · pattern · gilded · rococo
- heraldic linesembattled, indented, wavy, dovetailed, angled
- heraldrycoat of arms, coats of arms, crest, crests, arms