fesse

British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of fesse

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

Example Sentences

Four, however, is almost as rare a number as three, the normal form of a fesse indented being that of five fusils as borne by Percys, Pinkenys, Newmarches and many other ancient houses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Where there are charges both upon and beside a bend, fesse or the like, a curious inversion is used by pedantic blazoners.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Fauconberg bore “Gold a fesse azure with three pales gules in the chief.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Indeed, accuracy of blazon is served if the number of fusils in a fesse be named in the cases of threes and fours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various