Mount (heraldry)
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In heraldry, a mount (also mountain, hill, hillock) is a representation of a hill or mountain as a curved terrace in base.[1] When the mount is included in the lower part of the shield, it may be considered an ordinary rather than a charge.
A trimount, also described as a mount mounted, or shapournet shapourned, is a representation of a mount with three tops.[2] For mounts with more than three tops, the number of tops is blazoned as coupeaux (e.g. a mount with six coupeaux).
The trimount (in German, Dreiberg) can be found in all heraldic traditions (Gallo-British, German-Nordic and Latin), but it is especially common in Switzerland.[3]
A design of six hills (Sechsberg) can also be found in Swiss and Italian heraldry. In medieval German heraldry, mounts could have ten or more tops.[4] Mounts with more than three tops are blazoned as a mount of N coupeaux, e.g. German Sechsberg would be a mount of six coupeaux, German Zehnberg as a mount of ten coupeaux.[3] A mount with more than six tops can also be blazoned as Schroffen in German heraldry.