fess point

American  

noun

Heraldry.

1. the central point of an escutcheon.

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Etymology

Origin of fess point

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

When the fess, or any other ordinary properly placed above the fess point of the shield, is brought below it, that ordinary is said to be abaiss�.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

An incorporated lion gardant in the fess point.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

A shield parted in the centre by an horizontal line through the fess point.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

The mark of distinction denoting a baronet is usually placed on an escutcheon, on the fess point of the shield.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

On the first, quarterly of four, as under the knight; on the second, quarterly of four as baron at the head of the tomb, in the fess point a mullet for difference.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton