The shield is the most important part and is first described. "Vert" means green so that is the base colour of the shield. Then the objects on the shield are described. A "Pile" is a V-shaped object and there are two of them. "Barry" means the piles are divided into an even number of lines in this case ten. The lines are "wavy" like the sea and are alternatively coloured silver ("Argent") and blue ("Azure".) Silver is usually depicted as white.