• (a.) Pale; wanting color; dim. • (a.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.
Pal'y adjective [ From Pale , adjective ] Pale; wanting color; dim. [ Poetic] Shak. Whittier. 
In heraldry, paly means divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.