Scaglione

honorable piece consisting of the lower parts of a band and a bar ending at their meeting point in the heart. It can be placed in a lower than normal position ("lowered") or higher ("raised"), it can have a smaller width ("diminished"), bear a battlement ("counter-edged"), face towards the sides of the shield ( "lying down") or "inverted", it can have zigzag ("rippled") or staircase ("stairway") contour lines, or the two parts may not meet in the center ("broken").