vair

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An heraldic fur formed by a regular tesellation of blue and white bell shapes

The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates

It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue

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() From the Middle English forms veir and vairé, meaning "variegated fur", both originally from the Old French vair, itself from the Latin variegated.