POINTS, in heraldry, are the several different parts of an escutcheon, denoting the local positions of any figure. There are nine principal points in an escutcheon, as represented in Plate CXLV. fig. 2. where A shews the dexter chief; B, the precise middle chief; C, the sinister chief; D, the honour-point; E, the fess-point, called also the centre; F, the nombril-point, that is, the navel-point; G, the dexter base; I, the sinister base; H, the precise middle base.