Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, in the direction of the bar, that is, horizontally across the field: said of the divisions of the field, and also of any bearing; thus, a sword barwise is a sword borne horizontally. Also
barways .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Her.) Horizontally.
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- adverb heraldry
Horizontally .
Etymologies
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bar + -wise
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