(from the article `heraldry`) ...drawn from the top of the shield to the base. The lozenge is a parallelogram having equal sides and two acute and two obtuse angles, and a mascle ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/79
Loz'en·gy (-ĕn*jȳ) adjective [ French losangé . See Lozenge .] (Her.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/66