Păl'y, a.

adjective

a. [From pale, a.]

  1. Pale; wanting color. [Poet.] Shak. Gay. Whittier.
  2. [See PALE, n., 4.] (Her.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.
A shield-shaped field divided into alternating vertical dark and light stripes.