Hamade is an heraldic ordinary in the shape of three

bar Bar or BAR may refer to: Food and drink * Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages * Candy bar * Chocolate bar Science and technology * Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment * Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud * Bar (u ...

s placed one under another, not touching the edges of the

field Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a grass ...

. The bars can be of equal length or have the top bar longer than the bottom one. They can have straight edges, or skewed edges, with their base being shorter than their top.

Etymology

The name derives from

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

word ''haméïde'', and comes from the name of the village of

Lahamaide Lahamaide, also known as La Hamaide, is a village in Wallonia, Belgium, located in the municipality of Ellezelles, Hainaut Province. It was the place of birth of Lamoral, Count of Egmont Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (18 November ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

, which used the ordinary in its coat of arms.

Examples

Blason ville be Lahamaide (Hainaut).svg, The coat of arms of

. Coat of Arms of Mir, Belarus.png, The coat of arms of

Mir ''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

. Coat of Arms of Nekrasovsky (Moscow oblast).png, The coat of arms of Nekrasovsky,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. Blason Fresnes-lès-Montauban.svg, The coat of arms of

Fresnes-lès-Montauban Fresnes-lès-Montauban () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated northeast of Arras, at the junction of the N50 and the D46 roads. Junction 16 of the A1 autor ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. POL COA Korczak.svg,

Korczak coat of arms Korczak is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families of Clan Korczak in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History The coat of arms has Hungarian origins; the three bars represent th ...

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Bibliography

* J.P. Brooke-Little, (1996). ''A Heraldic Alphabet''. Robson Books. * Gert Oswald, ''Lexikon der Heraldik''. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984. ISBN 3-411-02149-7. * L.-A. Duhoux d'Argicourt, ''l'Alphabet et figures de tous les termes du blason'', Paris 1899. Heraldic ordinaries {{Heraldry