palewise adverb 2adjective 1 adverb2 •Divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.An oblong figure fesswise divided palewise, from one end a thick projection, and in chief a crescent. — 2007 •In the direction of or positioned like a pale: vertically.Erm. three longbows palewise in fess gu. — 1874 adjective1 •Pale-like, vertical.Party - in ancient heraldry, the word party, used alone, implied a palewise division of the field. — 1983
