In heraldry, an ordinary is described as quadrate (or more fully '' nowy quadrate'') when it has a square central boss. File:Coa_Illustration_Cross_Quadrate.svg, Cross quadrate argent File:Quadrate.gif, Cross quadrate sable File:Quadrate Gammadion.svg, Cross quadrate gammadion File:Coa_Illustration_Cross_Saltire_quadrate.svg, Saltire quadrate File:Coa_Illustration_Cross_of_St_Chad.svg, St. Chad cross File:Coa_Illustration_Cross_Paty_quadrate.svg, Cross paty quadrate File:Durham shield.png, Shield of Durham University: Argent, a cross paty quadrate gules; on a canton azure a chevron or between three lions rampant argent. File:Cross 09.03 -markinch.jpg, Banner of the Burgh of

Markinch Markinch (, (Scottish Gaelic: Marc Innis) is both a village and a parish in the heart of Fife, Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the village has a population of 2,420. The civil parish had a population of 16,530 (in 2011).Cens ...

, Scotland: Gules, on a cross nowy quadrate argent a cock gules. File:Cross paty quadrate wiki.jpg, Gules, a cross paty quadrate or, charged with five mullets of six points gules: a chief arched ermine charged with two Cornish choughs proper - Vickers, England Only certain ordinaries are usually shown quadrate: the

cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

, the pale, and the

fess In heraldry, a fess or fesse (from Middle English ''fesse'', from Old French ''faisse'', from Latin ''fascia'', "band") is a charge on a coat of arms (or flag) that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the centre of the shiel ...

– but not, for example, a

bordure In heraldry, a bordure is a band of contrasting tincture forming a border around the edge of a shield, traditionally one-sixth as wide as the shield itself. It is sometimes reckoned as an ordinary and sometimes as a subordinary. A bordure encl ...

chevron Chevron (often relating to V-shaped patterns) may refer to: Science and technology * Chevron (aerospace), sawtooth patterns on some jet engines * Chevron (anatomy), a bone * '' Eulithis testata'', a moth * Chevron (geology), a fold in rock ...

. A

saltire A saltire, also called Saint Andrew's Cross or the crux decussata, is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross, like the shape of the letter X in Roman type. The word comes from the Middle French ''sautoir'', Medieval Latin ''saltatori ...

quadrate has the square lozengeways: File:Quadrate saltire wiki.jpg, Arms of

North West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

Province, South Africa: Per saltire gules and azure, a saltire quadrate vert, fimbriated argent ...

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of Freebridge Lynn Rural District Council, showing a cross quadrate.
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Cannock Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolv ...

Urban District Council, showing a cross potent quadrate. {{DEFAULTSORT:Quadrate (Heraldry) Heraldic charges Heraldic ordinaries