Ex. Azure, two bars, gemels, argent.
When the shield contains a number of bars of metal and colour alternate, exceeding five, it is called barry of so many pieces, expressing their numbers.
Ex. Barry of seven pieces, argent and azure.
THE CHEVRON.
The figure of the chevron has been described as representing the gable of a roof. It is a very ancient ordinary, and the less it is charged with other figures the more ancient and honourable it appears.
Ex. Argent, a chevron, gules.
The diminutives of the chevron, according to English Heraldry, are the chevronel, which is half the breadth of the chevron.