transversalis

transversalis [CL transversus+-alis; cf. transversatilis] 1 that lies across from one side to another (esp. at right angles), transverse. b (her.) that crosses the escutcheon from one side to the opposite one. erunt ‥ tunc diametri ~es in termino sue diminutionis et longitudinales in termino sue majorationis Gros. 3; in diametro minori et ~i Bacon Persp. II 3 p. 188; figura ‥ hec que est ipsius thita potest resolvi in partem superiorem pro nota prosodie circumflexe, et in partem inferiorem pro nota brevitatis, et in literam ~em pro nota longitudinis Id. CSPhil. 511; secundo contexitur cor undique ex filis longitudinalibus, latitudinalibus, et ~ibus Wycl. Mand. Div. 177; de qualibet costa transversatili ‥ quot sunt puncta in costa, precise tot sunt latera ~ia Id. Eccl. 98; unum erat lignum quod stetit erectum, aliud ~e [ME: þwertover] AncrR 159.  b fusuli sunt longiores et stricciores in angulis ~ibus quam mascule Bad. Aur. 200; mascule sunt latiores in dictis angulis ~ibus Upton 250. 2 (in genealogy, w. linea) collateral. descendere debet heredibus propinquioribus, masculis vel feminis, recta linea vel ~ali venientibus Bracton f. 62b; 1530 item in linea †transumali [l. ~i] in primo gradu prohibetur consanguinitas et affinitas jure divino et naturali, nec papa potest dispensare Foed. XIV 391. 3 (as sb. n.) cross-piece, cross-beam. pes ‥ crucis fuit a cedro, stipes de cypresso, ~e de palmis Spec. Laic. 22.