Editing Variation of the field (section)

== Pied at random ==
Used in some South African coats, this means patterned like the [[piebald]] markings of various domesticated animals.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091027111009/http://www.geocities.com/heraldrysa/e-tinct.htm |archive-date=27 October 2009 |url= http://www.geocities.com/heraldrysa/e-tinct.htm |title=Tinctures |website=South African Heraldry |date=November 2006 |last=Radburn |first=Arthur}}</ref> There are other examples of South African heraldry that are more elaborately blazoned.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/8216294 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240914100321/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/8216294 |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 14, 2024 |title=Ehlanzeni District Municipality (Nelspruit, Mpumalanga) |website=National Archives and Records Service of South Africa |quote=On an Nguni oxhide shield Sable, in the dexter flank pied at random to base Argent}}; {{cite web |title=Nquthu (Local) Municipality (Kwazulu-Natal) |url= https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/8216537 |website=National Archives and Records Service of South Africa |quote=On a traditional oxhide shield Argent and Brunatre at random proper}}</ref>