Portate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portate \Por"tate\, a. [L. portatus, p. p. of portare to carry.]
     (Her.)
     Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a
     cross portate.
     [1913 Webster]