Semé Patterns
A field or charge is said to be semé, or occasionally powdered, if it is covered with small objects, spaced in a regular pattern. The most common semé pattern if gutté or teardrop shaped objects, patterns of which have specific names based on color.
Other common semé pattern illustrated here include: semé de lis (a pattern of small fleur-de-lis), billetté (a pattern of small rectangles), and crusilly (any pattern of small crosses). In addition to those semé pattern illustrated here, one might encounter the following more rarely seen patterns:
| pattern of... | heraldic name | |
| bezants | = | besanté |
| castles | = | chastelé |
| lions rampant | = | semé de lioncels |
| nails | = | ferreté |
| roses | = | semé de rosettes |
semé de lis |
billetté |
crusilly |
gouttes or gutté
gutté d'eau |
gutté d'or |
gutté de larmes |
gutté de sang |
gutté de poix (pitch; sable) |
gutté d'huile (oil; vert) |
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