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

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.

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Arms of Isle of Man.—The arms of the Isle of Man are gules, three legs conjoined in the fess point, &c. &c. or.

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He was Master of Clare Hall, and in this example his paternal arms—Argent, a chevron gules, between three lions rampant sable—occupy the lower part of the shield, being divided at the fess point by something like an inverted chevron, from the arms of Clare Hall, which thus occupy the upper half of the shield.

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

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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�.

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