fesse

/ fɛs /

noun

1. heraldry an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across a shield, conventionally occupying a third of its length and being wider than a bar

Word History and Origins

Origin of fesse¹

C15: from Anglo-French fesse , from Latin fascia band, fillet

Example Sentences

I bear azure powdered with trefoils or, with a lion's paw of the same armed gules in fesse.

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But the coat they bore or assumed was a goodly one and simple, and therefore ancient—or, in fesse five lozenges azure.

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Of a similar origin is the fesse, a horizontal stripe across the middle of the shield, which represents a sash or military girdle.

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Sire William Bernak, de argent, a une fesse and iij bernaks de sable.

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Some families of Mascall bear barry of eight, others fleur-de-lis and a bordure, and the family of Mascule, a fesse.

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