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(heraldry) 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. quotations examples
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.
1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 99
(heraldry) Alternative form of champagne (“(ordinary occupying) the base of the shield”) quotations examples
3. Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).
1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 489